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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Baptista invite his guests to take a walk before dinner in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Through the city
(b) Through the orchard
(c) To Katharina’s room
(d) To the church

2. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?
(a) His head
(b) His wrist
(c) His leg
(d) His arm

3. The Lord’s page tells Christopher Sly that the play he is about to watch is a kind of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) History
(b) Morality play
(c) Tragedy
(d) Comedy

4. Who speaks the following line in Act III, Scene II: “Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work”?
(a) Gremio
(b) Grumio
(c) Baptista
(d) Hortensio

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?

2. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?

3. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?

4. Upon entering in Act III, Scene II, Petruchio remarks of Katharina, “To me she's married, not unto my” what?

5. What does Bianca’s line from Act III, Scene I, “hic est Sigeia tellus,” translate to in English?

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