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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Baptista add to the losses after the bet in Act V, Scene II?
(a) 10,000 crowns
(b) 30,000 crowns
(c) 5,000 crowns
(d) 20,000 crowns

2. Christopher Sly claims to have “no more doublets than” what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Backs
(b) Lechery
(c) Dogs
(d) Coins

3. What gift does Tranio (in disguise) bestow upon Baptista in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Greek and Latin books
(b) His coat of arms
(c) A wooden serving tray
(d) A ring

4. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?
(a) Call me Katharina, fool, or thine eyes will shine
(b) It is my fashion, when I see a crab
(c) Sour as to lemons, wouldst thou have some
(d) Dost thou find me sour? I’ll quench thy thirst

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Biondello tells Lucentio that the old priest from what church is at his command at all hours in Act IV, Scene IV?

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?

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

4. 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?

5. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?

(see the answer key)

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