How does Mrs. Higgins feel about Eliza?

You can't take the roots out of a girl

Why was Nepommuck suspicious of Eliza?

Because her grammar was too perfect

Why does Eliza want to improve her language?

To work and be a lady in a flower shop

Higgins amazes bystanders by

guessing where they are originally from

How does Eliza react when Mrs. Pearce tells her to take a bath?

She thought it was strange and she was terrified

What do Pickering and Higgins have in common?

They are both interested in language

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1
How does Mrs. Higgins feel about Eliza?
You can't take the roots out of a girl
She is annoying
She loves everything about her
She seems like an upper class woman
2
Why was Nepommuck suspicious of Eliza?
Because her grammar was too perfect
Because her eyes were bloodshot
Because she couldn't walk in heels
Because she mentioned an old friend of his
3
Eliza first asked the taxi driver to take her to
Garden Road
Wimpole Street
Bucknam Pellis
Angel Court
4
Who does Eliza say died from influenza?
her sister
her dog
her mother
her aunt
5
Why does Eliza want to improve her language?
To become a professor of phonetics
She wants to be a teacher
To work and be a lady in a flower shop
To sell flowers on the street
6
Higgins buys Eliza from her father for
5 pounds
50 pounds
$20,000
10 pounds
7
Where does Nepommuck think that Eliza is from?
England
Sweden
Hungary
Germany
8
How would you describe Freddy's sister, Clara, in Act I?
sweet
furious
impatient
caring
9
Higgins amazes bystanders by
performing magic tricks
standing on his head
kissing Eliza
guessing where they are originally from
10
How is the weather in Act I?
rainy
sunny
snowy
it is not mentioned
11
Mrs. Pearce is
Pickering's maid
Higgins' housekeeper
Higgins' daughter
Higgins' girlfriend
12
Who is Nepommuck?
Higgins' brother-in-law
One of Pickering's old students
One of Higgins' old students
Eliza's dog
13
Higgins is a(n)
professor
handyman
officer
gentleman
14
At the end of Act III, what do most of the people think about Eliza?
She is some stupid idiot who can't speak properly
She is from Drury Lane
She is royalty
She is Queen Victoria
15
Pickering listens to phonemes on a
CD
phonograph
yukelele
tape recorder
16
How did Pickering and Higgins feel about Eliza's progress at the end of Act III?
suspicious
angry
wonderful
terrible
17
How does Eliza react when Mrs. Pearce tells her to take a bath?
She thought it was strange and she was terrified
She refused and ran away
She was excited
She became angry
18
Act II is set in
Mrs. Higgins' house
Higgins' house
Pickering's house
Eliza's house
19
Higgins is writing down Eliza's speech so that he can
study her speech
catch her lying
arrest her
turn her into the officer
20
Liza is a
shop-girl
prostitute
flower-seller
homemaker
21
What do Pickering and Higgins have in common?
They both like science
They are both interested in language
They have nothing in common
They both enjoy musical instruments
22
Who arrives to inquire about Eliza?
her brother
her mother
her dad
her aunt
23
Mrs. Pearce takes Eliza away to
scold her
rest
stab her
bathe
24
How does Mrs. Higgins treat her son?
She tells him how it is.
She focuses on his own progress within his profession
She stabs him
She is super sweet to him.
25
Liza comes to Higgins' house to
ask to marry him
beg for money
pay for English lessons
stab Pickering

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