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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) A mimosa
(b) A cup of sack
(c) A glass of mead
(d) A glass of champagne

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

3. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?
(a) Curtis
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Gremio
(d) Tranio

4. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
(a) A musician
(b) A schoolmaster
(c) A gentlewoman
(d) A priest

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

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. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?

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

5. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?

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