501 Critical Reading Questions

a. he is an artist.
b. he thinks Liza is very beautiful.
c. he thinks of Liza as his creation.
d. he is in love with Liza.
e. Liza is his servant.
271.
Which of the following best describes what Higgins has taught
Liza?
a. the history of the English language.
b. how to speak and act like someone from the upper class.
c. how to be independent of others.
d. how to understand literature and philosophy.
e. how to appreciate scholarly work.
272.
In lines 37–61, the main reason Higgins is so upset is because
a. Liza threatens to teach his methods to others.
b. he realizes he has been a bad teacher.
c. he realizes he is as abusive as someone from the gutter.
d. he realizes he cannot control Liza.
e. he realizes Liza does not love him anymore.
273.
The passage implies that Liza’s most significant transformation in
the play is from
a. lower class to upper class.
b. ignorant to educated.
c. oppressed to empowered.
d. single to married.
e. cold to compassionate.
Questions 274–281 are based on the following passage.
In this excerpt from Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre, the narrator decides
to leave Lowood, the boarding school where she has lived for eight years.
Miss Temple, through all changes, had thus far continued superin-
tendent of the seminary; to her instruction I owed the best part of my
acquirements; her friendship and society had been my continual sol-
ace: she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and, latterly,
companion. At this period she married, removed with her husband (a
clergyman, an excellent man, almost worthy of such a wife) to a dis-
tant county, and consequently was lost to me.
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