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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Shaw's attempt to help Sweet fail?
(a) Sweet looks down on the theater as unacademic.
(b) Sweet only writes libelous articles against his fellow academics.
(c) Sweet has no interest in promoting his ideas to the public.
(d) Sweet dies before he can see the play.

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

3. Who is Neppomuck?
(a) A Hungarian prince.
(b) A former student of Higgins.
(c) A major rival of Higgins.
(d) The ambassador from Hungary.

4. How old is the Flower Girl?
(a) She is "sweet sixteen."
(b) She is only fourteen or fifteen.
(c) She is about eighteen or twenty.
(d) She has just turned twenty-one.

5. In Act 5, Doolittle reveals that he is miserable because certain people are hounding him. Who are these people, and why are they after Doolitttle?
(a) Women, who want to marry him.
(b) The police, who think he is guilty of stealing the money.
(c) His relatives, asking for money.
(d) Creditors, asking him to pay his debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "The secret is not having good manners or bad manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls."

2. What city is the setting of Shaw's play?

3. What does Liza throw at Higgins when they return home after the party?

4. What does Shaw try to do for Sweet?

5. How is Mrs. Higgins portrayed?

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