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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 nun
(b) A rogue
(c) A gentleman
(d) A soldier

2. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Katharina
(b) Bianca
(c) Maria
(d) Biondella

3. 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) Mead
(c) Ale
(d) Wine

4. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Marian Hacket
(b) Bianca
(c) Madonna
(d) Katharina

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?

2. Tranio (in disguise) claims to be from where in Act II, Scene I?

3. What word from Scene I of the Induction refers to a service room in which barrels or bottles of alcoholic drink were stored?

4. Where does Petruchio tell Katharina he will go to buy attire for their wedding day in Act II, Scene I?

5. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?

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