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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Higgins offer to do for Liza at the end of the play?
(a) Get her a flower shop.
(b) Pay for her to go to school.
(c) Adopt her as his daughter.
(d) Marry her.

2. How does Higgins promise to treat Liza if she comes back to him?
(a) With respect and care.
(b) With all his love.
(c) Like a duchess.
(d) The same as always.

3. Which comment does Shaw make about the realism in his play?
(a) Realism is the only style that can be respected in the theater.
(b) A transformation like the one made by the heroine is very possible in real life.
(c) A transformation like the one made by the heroine is obviously not possible in real life.
(d) Realism is not to be found in the theater.

4. What does Shaw try to do for Sweet?
(a) Get him a teaching position.
(b) Dedicate the play Pygmalion to him.
(c) Help him get an article published.
(d) Involve him in the theater.

5. What happened to Liza's parents?
(a) She has no parents; they are dead.
(b) She has no mother, and her father and stepmother kicked her out.
(c) Her father is gone and her stepfather beats her.
(d) They are too poor to take care of her, so she lives on her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I havnt any small talk. If people would only be frank and say what they really think!"

2. What job does Liza settle on in the epilogue?

3. Where do Freddy and Liza go at the end of Act 4?

4. What can Higgins guess about people?

5. Which system does Shaw use to write his Preface?

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