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

2. 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?
(a) Morality play
(b) Comedy
(c) History
(d) Tragedy

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

4. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
(a) A musician
(b) A gentlewoman
(c) A priest
(d) A schoolmaster

5. What is the name of Baptista’s youngest daughter in the play?
(a) Katharina
(b) Maria
(c) Bianca
(d) Viola

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The Lord claims he would not lose his hunting hound for how much money in Scene I of the Induction?

5. Act I, Scene II takes place before whose house?

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