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

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) Comedy
(b) History
(c) Tragedy
(d) Morality play

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

4. 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) Zeus
(d) Richard Conqueror

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?

5. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?

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