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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Her hands
(b) Her cat
(c) Her legs
(d) Her dog

2. Katharina tells Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “You may be jogging whiles your boots are” what?
(a) New
(b) Green
(c) Harnessed
(d) Broken in

3. Hortensio calls Lucentio a wrangling what in Act III, Scene I?
(a) Coxcomb
(b) Pedant
(c) Fool
(d) Dandy

4. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to a stout fabric of cotton and flax?
(a) Flax
(b) Fustian
(c) Chantry
(d) Nylon

5. What is the setting for Act II?
(a) Petruchio’s country house
(b) A room in Baptista’s house
(c) Before Lucentia’s house
(d) A bedchamber in the Lord's house

Short Answer Questions

1. Bianca’s line “celsa senis” from Act III, Scene I translates to what in English?

2. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?

3. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?

4. What is the setting for Act III, Scene I?

5. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?

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