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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
(a) Half lunatic
(b) Fair gentleman
(c) Coxcomb
(d) Foolish knave

2. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?
(a) Cautionary
(b) Peremptory
(c) Obstinate
(d) Incendiary

3. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Socrates
(b) Lucrece
(c) Aristotle
(d) Plato

4. What is the name of Baptista’s eldest daughter in the play?
(a) Maria
(b) Juliet
(c) Bianca
(d) Katharina

5. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?
(a) Their love
(b) Their glory
(c) Their fate
(d) Their fury

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What instrument do the Players sound in Scene I of the Induction?

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. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?

5. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?

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