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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. When Christopher Sly awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction, what does he request a pot of from the servants?
(a) Scotch
(b) Ale
(c) Wine
(d) Mead

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

3. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?
(a) Padua
(b) Lombardy
(c) Verona
(d) Venice

4. Whom does “the shrew” refer to in the play?
(a) Olivia
(b) Viola
(c) Bianca
(d) Katharina

5. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) A haberdasher
(b) A tinker
(c) An innkeeper
(d) A tailor

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?

3. What is the name of Baptista’s eldest daughter in the play?

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

5. What is the name of Baptista’s youngest daughter in the play?

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