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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Robert Bridges and what does he have in common with Higgins?
(a) An expert in shorthand who, like Higgins, lived in England.
(b) A professor at Oxford who, like Higgins, had a fiery temper.
(c) A phonetician who, like Higgins, greatly admired Milton.
(d) A portrait painter who, like Higgins, loved phonetics.

2. On what basis do some English people despise others?
(a) Their accents or dialects of English.
(b) Their level of education.
(c) Whether they are foreign or native-born citizens.
(d) Their socioeconomic class.

3. What does the Flower Girl call the Gentleman?
(a) Governor.
(b) Father.
(c) Captain.
(d) Sir.

4. What is Liza's father's profession?
(a) Bartender.
(b) Trash collector.
(c) Taxicab driver.
(d) Thief.

5. What does Liza want to do after her bath?
(a) Change back into her old clothes since she feels uncomfortable this way.
(b) Go out and show off her new clothes.
(c) Start her lessons immediately.
(d) Have a serious talk with her father.

6. 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 young and dashing.
(d) He is dressed in a uniform.

7. What does Sweet send Shaw?
(a) Books.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Letters.
(d) Money.

8. How does the Flower Girl know Freddy's name?
(a) She heard the women call him by that name.
(b) They are secretly lovers.
(c) She has seen him somewhere before.
(d) She doesn't; she calls all young men "Freddy" or "Charlie."

9. When does Shaw first become interested in the subject of phonetics?
(a) Around 1910.
(b) In the 1850s.
(c) In the 1870s.
(d) Around 1890.

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

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

12. What does the Gentleman (Pickering) study?
(a) Sociology, or the study of human social behavior.
(b) The psychology of poverty.
(c) American and British slang.
(d) Dialects spoken in India.

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

14. What surprises Mrs. Pearce?
(a) Liza never wears pajamas; she sleeps in her underwear.
(b) Liza's clothing is torn and dirty.
(c) Liza has no underwear.
(d) Liza has only one change of clothing to her name.

15. Who is Alexander Melville Bell?
(a) A London patriarch.
(b) A phonetics expert who invented a phonetic spelling called Visible Speech.
(c) A playwright who was a rival of Shaw's.
(d) The inventor of the telephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Sweet's shorthand become popular?

2. What does Higgins say he can do for the Flower Girl (Liza)?

3. What is NOT one of Henry Higgins's faults?

4. Based on what you read in the Preface, with which of the following statements do you think Shaw would agree?

5. What is one of Shaw's purposes in writing this play?

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