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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. 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) Grumio
(b) Curtis
(c) Hortensio
(d) Biondello

2. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?
(a) Tranio
(b) Gremio
(c) Curtis
(d) Bartholomew

3. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Hannibal
(b) The Vikings
(c) Richard Conqueror
(d) Zeus

4. To whom is Lucentio speaking in the opening of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Baptista
(b) The Hostess
(c) Orsino
(d) Tranio

5. With which servant does Petruchio enter in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Tranio
(b) Gremio
(c) Grumio
(d) Litio

Short Answer Questions

1. The Lord orders his page to disguise himself as what in the play’s Induction?

2. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?

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

4. What wealthy suitor to Bianca says of Katharina in Act I, Scene I, “To cart her rather: she's too rough for me”?

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

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