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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 the setting for Act III, Scene I?
(a) Baptista’s house
(b) Before an alehouse
(c) Before Lucentio’s house
(d) Before Hortensio’s house

2. By what saint does Petruchio swear in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Saint George
(b) Saint James
(c) Saint Peter
(d) Saint Michael

3. The Pedant claims to have bills for money by exchange from where in Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Florence
(b) London
(c) Burtonheath
(d) Paris

4. Who does Tranio (in disguise) claim is his father in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Baptista
(b) Antonio
(c) Hortensio
(d) Vincentio

5. What is Katharina’s response when Petruchio asks her in Act II, Scene I, “Why, what’s a moveable?”
(a) You are, sir
(b) Thy father
(c) Art thou not
(d) A join’d-stool

Short Answer Questions

1. Katharina tells Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “You may be jogging whiles your boots are” what?

2. After Petruchio and Katharina exit in Act III, Scene II, Baptista says, “Nay, let them go, a couple of” what?

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

4. The Pedant worries in Act IV, Scene IV that Baptista will recognize him because twenty years ago they were lodgers at what establishment in Genoa?

5. Petruchio uses what adjective meaning “pretty” to describe his bride in Act III, Scene II?

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