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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill does Neppomuck have?
(a) He can do magic tricks and sleight of hand.
(b) He is a psychic capable of reading the secret thoughts of people.
(c) He is a clever international spy who can read people's body language.
(d) He is an interpreter who knows 32 languages.

2. At which university does Sweet teach?
(a) The Imperial Institute in London.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

3. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?
(a) Truly great art should not seek to be commercially successful.
(b) Great art should not seek to teach lessons, but to entertain.
(c) Great art cannot please everyone; there will always be some wiseacres who cannot appreciate it.
(d) All great art must be didactic; that is, it should teach people something.

4. Why is Liza so angry with Higgins after the party?
(a) He leads her on to think that she will marry the duke, but it is all a lie.
(b) He won't admit that she does a good job at the party.
(c) He uses her and doesn't care what will happen to her now.
(d) He makes her believe she is special, but she's not.

5. Who is in Higgins's laboratory with Higgins at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Liza Doolittle.
(b) Mrs. Pearce.
(c) Nobody; Higgins is alone.
(d) Pickering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes the Gentleman (later identified as Pickering)?

2. Who is Henry Sweet?

3. What does Higgins say he will do if Liza doesn't come back?

4. What upsets Higgins now that Liza is gone?

5. What should happen with the English alphabet, according to Shaw?

(see the answer key)

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