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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Pedant claim to be from in Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Messaline
(b) Mantua
(c) Venice
(d) Lombardy

2. Bianca states in Act V, Scene I that “Cambio is changed into” whom?
(a) Bartholomew
(b) Hortensio
(c) Lucentio
(d) Petruchio

3. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Burtonheath
(b) Mantua
(c) Verona
(d) Messaline

4. Who does Tranio (in disguise) claim is his father in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Baptista
(c) Vincentio
(d) Antonio

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does “the shrew” refer to in the play?

2. The following lines of Hortensio’s in Act III, Scene I are an example of what literary technique? “How fiery and forward our Pedant is! / Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love: / Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet.”

3. Vincentio claims that Tranio is a sail maker from where in Act V, Scene I?

4. How many crowns do the gentlemen agree upon for the wager in Act V, Scene II?

5. By what name does Gremio introduce Lucentio (in disguise) in Act II, Scene I?

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