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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Alas
(b) Sirrah
(c) Baccare
(d) Ho

2. The Lord’s page tells Christopher Sly that the play he is about to watch is a kind of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Comedy
(b) History
(c) Tragedy
(d) Morality play

3. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?
(a) Written words
(b) Piano keys
(c) Lutes
(d) Violins

4. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Gremio
(b) Biondello
(c) Baptista
(d) Hortensio

5. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?
(a) A room in Petruchio’s house
(b) Before Hortensio’s house
(c) Before Baptista’s house
(d) Before an alehouse

Short Answer Questions

1. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?

2. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?

3. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?

4. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?

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

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