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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?
(a) A finch
(b) A raven
(c) A canary
(d) A nightingale

2. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?
(a) Venice
(b) Padua
(c) Verona
(d) Lombardy

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

4. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?
(a) A lady-in-waiting
(b) A music teacher
(c) A priest
(d) A nun

5. What is Lucentio’s destination when he stops for a brief visit in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Messaline
(b) Burtonheath
(c) Mantua
(d) Lombardy

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?

2. What hound does the First Huntsman claim “twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent” and is the better dog in Scene I of the Induction?

3. What is the name of Baptista’s youngest daughter in the play?

4. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?

5. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?

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