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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Clara annoyed with her mother?
(a) She acts superior to the Flower Girl.
(b) She won't buy any flowers for Clara.
(c) She gives the Flower Girl too much money.
(d) She doesn't give the Flower Girl any money.

2. What is Liza afraid will kill her?
(a) Her father, if he finds out where she is.
(b) The electric lights.
(c) The draft from the window.
(d) A bath.

3. Where does Liza tell Freddy she is going at the end of Act 1?
(a) To jump in the river.
(b) To see Higgins.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) Home.

4. What city is the setting of Shaw's play?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. What does Sweet think of the Pitman system?
(a) He doesn't like it because it is not phonetic.
(b) He despises it.
(c) He never knows of it because he dies before it is invented.
(d) He thinks it is brilliant and uses it as a model.

6. What does Higgins say about women?
(a) He thinks all women are silly creatures, like animals.
(b) He thinks men are superior to women and should tell them what to do.
(c) He's happier without them and is a confirmed bachelor.
(d) He has a hard time controlling himself around beautiful women.

7. Which of the following does Shaw identify as a problem among his fellow English?
(a) The English do not bother to learn other European languages.
(b) The English are poor spellers.
(c) The English can't speak their own language properly.
(d) The English are snobs who look down on people who can't speak English.

8. What is NOT one of Henry Higgins's faults?
(a) He is careless about other people's feelings.
(b) He can be a bully.
(c) He is willing to be malicious and cruel in order to get ahead.
(d) He sometimes has tantrums when things go wrong.

9. Which of the following describes the Gentleman (later identified as Pickering)?
(a) He is an elderly, military type.
(b) He is snobbish and rude.
(c) He is dressed in a uniform.
(d) He is young and dashing.

10. Which character in Pygmalion is based in part on Henry Sweet?
(a) Pickering.
(b) Higgins.
(c) Doolittle.
(d) Neppomuck.

11. Which of the following does NOT describe the Flower Girl's appearance?
(a) She is very clean and neat.
(b) She has bad teeth.
(c) Her hair needs to be brushed.
(d) She is wearing a black sailor hat.

12. What is the strange man (Higgins) doing behind the pillar?
(a) Taking notes.
(b) Spying on Liza.
(c) Hiding from the police.
(d) Waiting for a taxicab.

13. When Liza comes to see Higgins in Act 2, what does she ask him to do?
(a) Make her into a duchess.
(b) Give her speech lessons.
(c) Help her open a flower shop.
(d) Return the money he took the night before.

14. Where is Act 1 of the play set?
(a) In a park.
(b) In front of a church.
(c) At a train station.
(d) At a theater.

15. What is the Flower Girl selling?
(a) Roses.
(b) Violets.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Daisies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Henry Higgins described?

2. Which of the following first interests Higgins about Liza?

3. How old is the Flower Girl?

4. Which is true of Pygmalion at the time Shaw wrote his Preface?

5. Who is Tito Pagliardini?

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