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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What compliment does Higgins pay Liza during their discussion after the party?
(a) She's not bad-looking.
(b) She's a great cook.
(c) She's really rather clever--for a woman.
(d) She is a real lady now.

2. Who comes looking for Higgins at the beginning of Act 5?
(a) Liza's father, Doolittle.
(b) Liza, demanding an apology.
(c) The police, to ask him questions.
(d) Freddy, to ask Liza's hand in marriage.

3. 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) Creditors, asking him to pay his debts.
(c) His relatives, asking for money.
(d) The police, who think he is guilty of stealing the money.

4. What does Freddy tell the officer?
(a) To arrest him instead.
(b) They are engaged.
(c) Liza is his sister.
(d) Liza is a lady.

5. To whom does Liza plan to go for advice the day after she leaves Higgins?
(a) Pickering.
(b) Mrs. Pearce.
(c) Her father.
(d) Mrs. Higgins.

6. What does Liza say she doesn't want to be accused of?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Blackmail.
(d) Prostitution.

7. What does Liza think about the party?
(a) She is delighted that she is causing such a sensation.
(b) She agrees with Higgins that high society parties are dreadfully boring.
(c) She thinks she can never fit in with all these people.
(d) She is dazzled by all the glamour and glitz and never wants it to end.

8. What shocking fact does Liza reveal about her father while talking with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?
(a) He has a chronic drinking problem, but it doesn't bother Liza at all.
(b) He used to beat Liza, but she says she deserved it.
(c) He may have murdered her aunt, but she deserved it.
(d) He was never married to her mother.

9. What two subjects has Higgins told Liza she must stick to in polite conversation?
(a) The weather and people's health.
(b) Hobbies and sports.
(c) The weather and politics.
(d) Family and friends.

10. What does Liza realize at the end of Act 5?
(a) She's truly and deeply in love with Higgins.
(b) She's every bit as good as Higgins.
(c) She's truly and deeply in love with Freddy.
(d) She's no better than she ever was.

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

12. What do Higgins and Pickering fear might happen at the end of Act 3 to spoil their bet?
(a) Liza might tell Neppomuck the truth.
(b) Neppomuck might figure out Liza's true background and create a scene.
(c) Neppomuck might tell the hosts about Higgins's bet.
(d) Liza might say curse words and create a scene.

13. Why is Liza's father, Doolittle, upset with Higgins?
(a) He thinks Higgins has taken advantage of Liza.
(b) Higgins has made him lose all his money.
(c) He thinks Higgins has kicked Liza out.
(d) Higgins has made him a respectable gentleman.

14. While talking with the Eynsford Hills at the social visit in Act 3, what does Higgins say all people really are?
(a) Equals under the sight of God.
(b) Savages.
(c) Animals.
(d) Royalty.

15. What does Higgins throw into the fire?
(a) His phonetics books.
(b) His slippers.
(c) The ring he bought Liza.
(d) Liza's treasured hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pickering afraid at the party?

2. What does Neppomuck think must be Liza's true background?

3. How is Mrs. Higgins portrayed?

4. When Liza meets Freddy in the street at the end of Act 4, where does she say she is going?

5. What question does Liza have for Higgins after the party is over and they are back at Higgins's home?

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