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5. Do you think Rita has gained or suffered as a result of her education?

I think that Rita both has suffered and gained as a result of her education.
Having married a selfish and jealous man, she felt sophocated, living an ordinary life. But she had a gut feeling that life was not just like that; that there was something to know to understand it and she was determined to find it. She decided to be educated.
Education is a process and like any other process it's painful; you must adapt yourself to new changes and what is new scares you. It's like being in a dark tunnel where you can't see well, and so you look for an exit to see a light. When you first see the light, it hurts your eyes and you may freak out and go back, but if you get closer you become accustomed to it and then you can see properly; you can see reality better.
At the beginning of the play she was scared and disappointed and felt that she couldn't keep up with "the proper students", but then, after studying hard and experiencing a new way of living at London summer school, she was able to make questions in daily lectures among a lot of people.
All in all, through education Rita gained confidence in herself, experience, freedom, knowledge and critical thinking. In the end, she became a person ready to make better choices in life and also able to be open to others. So she felt happy with herself for having succeeded in her goal.