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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 youngest daughter in the play?
(a) Maria
(b) Katharina
(c) Viola
(d) Bianca

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

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

4. Christopher Sly claims to have “no more doublets than” what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Backs
(b) Dogs
(c) Lechery
(d) Coins

5. 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) Mead
(b) Scotch
(c) Wine
(d) Ale

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Lord’s page tells Christopher Sly that the play he is about to watch is a kind of what in Scene II of the Induction?

4. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?

5. What hound does the First Huntsman claim “twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent” and is the better dog in Scene I of the Induction?

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