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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Baptista’s eldest daughter in the play?
(a) Katharina
(b) Bianca
(c) Juliet
(d) Maria

2. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Biondello
(b) Grumio
(c) Hortensio
(d) Curtis

3. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?
(a) Before Baptista’s house
(b) Before an alehouse
(c) A room in Petruchio’s house
(d) Before Hortensio’s house

4. The Lord claims he would not lose his hunting hound for how much money in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) 50 pounds
(b) 100 pounds
(c) 20 pounds
(d) Sixpence

5. What word from Scene I of the Induction refers to a service room in which barrels or bottles of alcoholic drink were stored?
(a) Accoutrement
(b) Attic
(c) Incendiary
(d) Buttery

Short Answer Questions

1. Christopher Sly claims to have “no more doublets than” what in Scene II of the Induction?

2. What does the Hostess demand that Christopher Sly pay for after having broken them in Scene I of the Induction?

3. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?

4. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?

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

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