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1.	Eliza Doolittle works on Tottenham Court:
		as a street performer
		loading and unloading food from trucks
		selling flowers
		sweeping the street

2.	What is playing at the opera house Eliza is working in front of?
		Faust
		Madame Butterfly
		The Barber of Seville
		La Boheme

3.	Wow, phoenetics professor Henry Higgins is such a charmer. After listening to Eliza speaking outside of the opera house, he refers to her as all but what?
		an embarrassment to those around her
		a disgrace to the noble architecture of these columns
		an incarnate insult to the English language
		a squashed cabbage leaf

4.	Where does Henry Higgins live?
		Downing Street
		Tottenham Court Road
		Wimpole Street
		Oxford Street

5.	Eliza visits Henry at his home and offers him a shilling if he'll give her speech lessons so she can learn to "talk like a lady". He counters with how much?
		£30
		£60
		£90
		"It doesn't matter, you won't have enough."

6.	Higgins bets Colonel Pickering, a master of Indian dialects, that in 6 months he can pass Eliza off as:
		a duchess at the Embassy Ball
		a flower shop assistant
		his (cultured) daughter
		someone his snooty mother would approve of

7.	Eliza is furious at her treatment by Henry thus far and decides she doesn't want the lessons after all. He gets her to stay by offering her:
		money
		chocolates
		new, clean clothes
		jewelry

8.	Eliza screams bloody murder, as though she is being tortured, when being forced to:
		agree to Henry's terms
		take a bath
		go to sleep
		speak properly

9.	Eliza's father Alfred visits Henry, trying to get some money out of him. How much does poor Alfred ask for?
		£5
		£10
		£25
		£50

10.	In Eliza's fantasy, what day does the King proclaim to be "Eliza Doolittle Day"?
		June 2nd
		May 20th
		November 13th
		April 10th

11.	After a king word from Henry, Eliza finally speaks "properly." The first phrase Eliza speaks correctly is:
		"I'm a good girl, I am."
		"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."
		"With blackest moss, the flower pots were thickly crusted one and all."
		"In Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen."

12.	Eliza's first introduction to high society - a test run, if you will - takes place at:
		a fine dining establishment
		a ball slightly smaller than the Embassy Ball
		the opera near where she used to sell flowers
		the races at Ascot

13.	Eliza's performance at Ascot shows Henry she is not "ready" yet, at least not according to his standards. Six weeks later, he presents her at the Embassy Ball. Before leaving for the ball, Henry:
		sneaks a glass of port
		presents Eliza with a diamond necklace
		tells Colonel Pickering to "prepare to pay up"
		worries the experiment will fail

14.	At the Embassy Ball, Henry and Pickering try to keep Eliza away from:
		Freddy Einsworth-Hill, who is in love with Eliza
		Zoltan, master of languages
		Henry's mother
		the prince of Transylvania

15.	Eliza dances with all but whom at the ball?
		Zoltan
		Prince of Transylvania
		Colonel Pickering
		Henry

16.	After speaking with Eliza, where did Zoltan surmise she was from?
		Poland
		Canada
		Hungary
		he could not hazard a guess

17.	Before unappreciated Eliza leaves the Higgins household, she searches the fireplace for something Henry threw in there. What was it?
		his slippers
		a ring he had given her
		the house key
		a slip of paper with the telephone number of a local taxi service

18.	Eliza leaves the Higgins residence and goes back to visit the area where she used to sell flowers. Who does she go with?
		Colonel Pickering
		her father
		Freddy Einsworth-Hill
		Henry's mother

19.	While visiting her old home, Eliza runs into her father. Thanks to an inheritance from Ezra Wallingford, the gentleman Higgins suggested he contact, Alfred is now "shoved in middle class". Why is Alfred so unhappy about being in the middle class?
		It means he is financially able to marry his girlfriend
		It means he can no longer get bar patrons to buy him drinks out of pity
		It means he needs to dress appropriately
		It means he is no longer eligible for public assistance

20.	Henry goes to visit his mother after Eliza's departure and is surprised to find Eliza there, chatting with Mrs. Higgins. According to Eliza, the difference between a flower girl and a lady is:
		the way she acts
		the way she looks
		how she carries herself
		how she is treated

21.	Eliza compares Henry's personality and temperament to a:
		bull
		motorbus
		puppy
		cannon

22.	What exactly does Eliza want from Henry?
		kindness
		money
		an invitation to move back into 27A Wimpole St
		a marriage proposal

23.	Eliza informs Henry she doesn't want to work as a flower shop assistant after all. She'd like to be a:
		society wife
		flower shop owner
		phoenetics assistant
		mother

24.	Henry realizes after Eliza tells him goodbye that he's "grown accustomed to her face", and that maybe he does need a woman in his life after all. What is Henry's response when Eliza surprises him by coming back?
		"My love."
		"I did it!"
		"Where the devil are my slippers?"
		"I shall treat you like a lady from this moment forward."

25.	My Fair Lady is an adaptation of what play?
		The Taming of the Shrew
		Born Yesterday
		Gigi
		Pygmalion

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