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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 Baptista’s last name in the play?
(a) Minalta
(b) Antola
(c) Minola
(d) Lucretius

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

3. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?
(a) A priest
(b) A music teacher
(c) A lady-in-waiting
(d) A nun

4. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) 15
(b) 5
(c) 12
(d) 20

5. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Biondello
(c) Gremio
(d) Baptista

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Petruchio’s recently deceased father in the play?

2. With which servant does Petruchio enter in Act I, Scene II?

3. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?

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. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?

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