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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Baptista tell to take the bridegroom’s place at the dinner table at the end of Act III?
(a) Gremio
(b) Grumio
(c) Hortensio
(d) Lucentio

2. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?
(a) Piano keys
(b) Violins
(c) Written words
(d) Lutes

3. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing an old rusty sword taken from where in Act III, Scene II?
(a) His father
(b) Baptista’s armory
(c) The police station
(d) The town-armory

4. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say she be mute and will not speak a word; / Then I'll commend her” what?
(a) Modesty
(b) Volubility
(c) Beauty
(d) Silence

5. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to an ecclesiastic representing the pope or a bishop?
(a) Monk
(b) Coxcomb
(c) Chantry
(d) Vicar

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?

3. What cousin does Petruchio tell the Servants to bring to the dinner table in Act IV, Scene I?

4. By what saint does Petruchio swear in Act II, Scene I?

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

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