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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
(a) Foolish knave
(b) Fair gentleman
(c) Half lunatic
(d) Coxcomb

2. By what name does Gremio introduce Lucentio (in disguise) in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Cambio
(c) Petruchio
(d) Litio

3. Upon entering in Act III, Scene II, Petruchio remarks of Katharina, “To me she's married, not unto my” what?
(a) Money
(b) Finery
(c) Estate
(d) Clothes

4. Petruchio complains that the meat for dinner is what in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Too cold
(b) Burned
(c) Undercooked
(d) Rotten

5. 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) Beauty
(b) Silence
(c) Modesty
(d) Volubility

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Petruchio states of Katharina in Act II, Scene I, “If she be curst, it is for policy, / For she's not froward, but modest as” what?

3. Why does Grumio say his master beat him while traveling after the wedding in Act IV, Scene I?

4. Who does Tranio claim is the master of “the taming-school” in Act IV, Scene II?

5. Petruchio tells the wedding guests in Act III, Scene II, “Be mad and merry, or go” what?

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