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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) A rogue
(b) A soldier
(c) A gentleman
(d) A nun

2. What is the name of Baptista’s youngest daughter in the play?
(a) Maria
(b) Viola
(c) Katharina
(d) Bianca

3. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?
(a) Flowers
(b) Buildings
(c) Mountains
(d) Trees

4. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?
(a) His wrist
(b) His arm
(c) His leg
(d) His head

5. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Laertia
(b) Aegina
(c) Xanthippe
(d) Charmidia

Short Answer 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?

2. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?

3. What is Lucentio’s destination when he stops for a brief visit in Act I, Scene I?

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

5. 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?

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