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

2. What does Higgins think of Neppomuck?
(a) He is boring.
(b) He is a perfect companion for Liza.
(c) He is very clever, perhaps too clever.
(d) He is a fool.

3. What does Mrs. Higgins say Pickering and Higgins have done wrong?
(a) They should have paid Liza a regular wage.
(b) They should have complimented Liza.
(c) They should not have kicked her out.
(d) They should never have taught Liza.

4. What does Liza do when she looks into the mirror?
(a) Bursts into tears.
(b) Breaks into a self-satisfied smile.
(c) Screams in rage.
(d) Sticks her tongue out at herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Higgins think is a disgusting sight?

2. What do Pickering and Higgins say makes Liza a "genius"?

3. Where is Liza at the beginning of Act 5?

4. Why is Pickering afraid at the party?

5. What does the ambassador's wife think of Liza?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Pickering just as important to Liza's transformation as Higgins, if not more so? What is he able to teach her that Higgins could not?

4. What does Mrs. Higgins say when she learns the two men have phoned the police at the beginning of Act 5? What does Mrs. Higgins realize about Liza that the two men do not?

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

6. What do Neppomuck and the ambassador's wife conclude about Liza? What does it suggest about class differences and about high society that Liza is so easily able to fool everyone at the party?

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

8. How do Freddy and Clara feel about Liza after meeting her, and why do they probably feel this way?

9. How does Freddy feel about Liza and what does he want from her? How is he different from Higgins?

10. Why is Liza so upset in Act 4? What does she want to know?

(see the answer keys)

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