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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bianca’s reply in Act III, Scene II when asked, “Mistress, what's your opinion of your sister?”
(a) That, being despis’d herself, she’s verily mated
(b) That, being wild herself, she’s wildly mated
(c) That, being curs’d herself, she’s badly mated
(d) That, being mad herself, she's madly mated

2. Where does Petruchio tell Katharina he will go to buy attire for their wedding day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Venice
(b) Verona
(c) Paris
(d) Mantua

3. What did Petruchio throw “all in the sexton’s face” at the wedding, according to Gremio in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Sops
(b) Ale
(c) Butter
(d) Wine

4. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Italy
(b) Argentina
(c) France
(d) England

5. In one of Petruchio’s famous lines in Act IV, Scene I, he states, “This is a way to kill a wife with” what?
(a) Kindness
(b) Chantry
(c) Clamor
(d) Chivalry

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Pedant claim to be from in Act IV, Scene II?

2. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?

3. What does Bianca’s line from Act III, Scene I, “hic est Sigeia tellus,” translate to in English?

4. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?

5. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene IV?

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