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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which servant does Petruchio enter in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Grumio
(b) Litio
(c) Tranio
(d) Gremio

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

3. The Lord claims he would not lose his hunting hound for how much money in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Sixpence
(b) 50 pounds
(c) 100 pounds
(d) 20 pounds

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

5. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?
(a) Predestinations
(b) Carry-alongs
(c) Appurtenances
(d) Ordinances

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?

3. Petruchio introduces Hortensio, disguised as a schoolmaster, and tells Baptista that he is from where in Act II, Scene I?

4. What wealthy suitor to Bianca says of Katharina in Act I, Scene I, “To cart her rather: she's too rough for me”?

5. Who speaks the following line in Act III, Scene II: “Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work”?

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