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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Christopher Sly awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction, what does he request a pot of from the servants?
(a) Scotch
(b) Wine
(c) Ale
(d) Mead

3. 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?
(a) Litio
(b) Belman
(c) Bartholomew
(d) Trumpet

4. Where does Petruchio tell Katharina he will go to buy attire for their wedding day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Paris
(b) Mantua
(c) Verona
(d) Venice

5. The Lord orders his page to disguise himself as what in the play’s Induction?
(a) A priest
(b) A merchant
(c) A lady
(d) A knight

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?

2. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?

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

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

5. What does the Hostess demand that Christopher Sly pay for after having broken them in Scene I of the Induction?

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