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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vincentio claims that Tranio is a sail maker from where in Act V, Scene I?
(a) Messaline
(b) Venice
(c) Bergamo
(d) Pisa

2. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Her hands
(b) Her dog
(c) Her legs
(d) Her cat

3. Who speaks the following line at the end of Act V, Scene II: “Now, go thy ways; thou hast tamed a curst shrew”?
(a) Bartholomew
(b) Baptista
(c) Vincentio
(d) Hortensio

4. According to Curtis in Act IV, Scene I, Petruchio lectures Katharina on what in their bridal chamber?
(a) Her father
(b) Continency
(c) Her education
(d) Politics

5. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
(a) A priest
(b) A musician
(c) A schoolmaster
(d) A gentlewoman

Short Answer Questions

1. Katharina says in Act IV, Scene III, “The more my wrong, the more his spite appears: / What, did he marry me to” what?

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

3. Who speaks the following lines in Act IV, Scene I: “Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and / all foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? was ever / man so rayed?”

4. Whom does Tranio say “slipp'd me like his greyhound” in Act V, Scene II?

5. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to wrath or irritability?

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