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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Katharina states in Act III, Scene II, “I must, forsooth, be forced / To give my hand opposed against my heart / Unto a mad-brain rudesby full of” what?
(a) Contrariness
(b) Spite
(c) Spleen
(d) Liver

2. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as worn in the 16th and 17th centuries?
(a) Boggin
(b) Jerkin
(c) Doublet
(d) Coverlet

3. What does the Latin word “regia,” used by Bianca in Act III, Scene I, translate to in English?
(a) Adore
(b) I care not
(c) Love not
(d) Presume not

4. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?
(a) Licio
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Tranio
(d) Grumio

5. Katharina says in Act IV, Scene III, “The more my wrong, the more his spite appears: / What, did he marry me to” what?
(a) Famish me
(b) Abandon me
(c) Adore me
(d) Curry favor with me

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the Pedant say is “renowned for grave citizens” in Act IV, Scene II?

2. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene II?

3. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?

4. What does Petruchio claim “now is sharp and passing empty” in Act IV, Scene I?

5. Hortensio claims that he will marry a wealthy widow before how many days pass in Act IV, Scene II?

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