View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Lucentio speaking in the opening of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Orsino
(b) Tranio
(c) The Hostess
(d) Baptista

2. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?
(a) Curtis
(b) Tranio
(c) Bartholomew
(d) Gremio

3. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Saturday
(b) Monday
(c) Thursday
(d) Sunday

4. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) A tailor
(b) An innkeeper
(c) A haberdasher
(d) A tinker

5. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Marian Hacket
(b) Katharina
(c) Madonna
(d) Bianca

Short Answer Questions

1. How many “vile terms” does Hortensio say Katharina called him in Act II, Scene I?

2. When discussing Katharina’s dowry in Act II, Scene I, Baptista states that he who weds his daughter will receive upon his death half of all his land and how many crowns?

3. When Christopher Sly awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction, what does he request a pot of from the servants?

4. In Act II, Scene I, Petruchio says of Katharina, “She is not hot, but temperate as” what?

5. Gremio claims that his scholar in Act II, Scene I “hath been long studying” where?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 223 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample