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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wins the bet in Act V, Scene II?
(a) Cambio
(b) Hortensio
(c) Petruchio
(d) Baptista

2. What word from Act V, Scene II means showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve?
(a) Merry
(b) Abstaining
(c) Jovial
(d) Sullen

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

4. Why does Grumio say his master beat him while traveling after the wedding in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Because he was late
(b) Because Grumio’s horse fell
(c) Because Katharina’s horse fell
(d) Because dinner wasn’t ready

5. Katharina states in Act III, Scene II, “I must, forsooth, be forced / To give my hand opposed against my heart / Unto a mad-brain rudesby full of” what?
(a) Liver
(b) Contrariness
(c) Spite
(d) Spleen

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks the following line at the end of Act V, Scene II: “Now, go thy ways; thou hast tamed a curst shrew”?

2. Who says of Petruchio and Katharina in Act III, Scene II, “Of all mad matches never was the like”?

3. What is the setting of Act IV, Scene I?

4. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a rich sweet wine made from muscat grapes?

5. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?

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