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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gremio says of Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “he took the bride about the neck / And kiss'd her lips with such a clamorous smack / That at the parting all the church did” what?
(a) Echo
(b) Worry
(c) Exalt
(d) Gape

2. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Plato
(c) Socrates
(d) Lucrece

3. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Maria
(b) Bianca
(c) Biondella
(d) Katharina

4. Who does Tranio (in disguise) claim is his father in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Antonio
(c) Vincentio
(d) Baptista

5. 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) Sour as to lemons, wouldst thou have some
(c) It is my fashion, when I see a crab
(d) Dost thou find me sour? I’ll quench thy thirst

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Petruchio tell Katharina he will go to buy attire for their wedding day in Act II, Scene I?

3. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a movable article of personal property?

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

5. To whom is Lucentio speaking in the opening of Act I, Scene I?

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