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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is delighted with Liza's "small talk" during the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?
(a) Freddy and Clara.
(b) Mrs. Eynsford Hill.
(c) Mrs. Higgins.
(d) Higgins and Pickering.

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

4. What does Liza ask Higgins about her clothes?
(a) She asks bitterly whether he finds them beautiful on a poor flower girl.
(b) She asks him if he plans to burn them as he did with her old clothes.
(c) She wants to know if they belong to her or Pickering.
(d) She asks whether they will be any good for her now.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Higgins think when her son shows up for a social visit at the beginning of Act 3?

2. Why is Freddy waiting outside Higgins's house when Liza leaves Higgins?

3. What shocking thing does Liza tell her listeners at the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?

4. What is striking about Neppomuck's appearance?

5. What shocking word does Liza use during the social visit with the Eynsford Hills in Act 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Higgins think Liza should do with her future? Does he really give it any thought?

2. What does Liza ultimately think of the party and of her success at the end of Act 3?

3. How does Liza succeed in hurting Higgins in Act 4?

4. During the social visit with Mrs. Higgins and the Eynsford Hills, what does Liza say that is shocking?

5. Describe Mrs. Higgins and her relationship with her son.

6. What does Higgins mean when he says that people are really "savages"?

7. How does Higgins behave during the social visit? Explain. What does this "gentleman's" ungentlemanly behavior suggest about class differences?

8. What does Higgins mean when he says that "my manners are exactly the same as Pickering's"? In what sense is he right? In what sense is he wrong?

9. Why is Doolittle unhappy with his new status? What is ironic about this?

10. What does Liza say about marriage in Act 4? What does her statement reveal about her morals?

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