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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Petruchio introduces Hortensio, disguised as a schoolmaster, and tells Baptista that he is from where in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Messaline
(b) Verona
(c) Pisa
(d) Mantua

2. Who says after Petruchio and Katharina’s departure in Act III, Scene II, “Went they not quickly, I should die with laughing”?
(a) Bianca
(b) Gremio
(c) Grumio
(d) Baptista

3. 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) Fair gentleman
(b) Coxcomb
(c) Half lunatic
(d) Foolish knave

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

5. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Grumio
(c) Curtis
(d) Biondello

Short Answer Questions

1. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?

2. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?

3. After Petruchio and Katharina exit in Act III, Scene II, Baptista says, “Nay, let them go, a couple of” what?

4. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?

5. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?

(see the answer key)

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