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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Stools
(b) Asses
(c) Horses
(d) Coxcombs

2. Whose coat does Grumio tell Petruchio was not fully made in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Nathaniel’s
(b) Gabriel’s
(c) Peter’s
(d) Walter’s

3. Grumio tells Petruchio in Act IV, Scene I that there “was no link to color” whose hat?
(a) Peter’s
(b) Nathaniel’s
(c) Walter’s
(d) Gabriel’s

4. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?
(a) Call me Katharina, fool, or thine eyes will shine
(b) Dost thou find me sour? I’ll quench thy thirst
(c) It is my fashion, when I see a crab
(d) Sour as to lemons, wouldst thou have some

5. What does Petruchio claim “now is sharp and passing empty” in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) My wolf
(b) My chantry
(c) My raven
(d) My falcon

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?

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

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

4. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?

5. What does the Latin word “regia,” used by Bianca in Act III, Scene I, translate to in English?

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