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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Richard Conqueror
(b) The Vikings
(c) Hannibal
(d) Zeus

2. 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 schoolmaster
(c) A gentlewoman
(d) A priest

3. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Alas
(b) Baccare
(c) Sirrah
(d) Ho

4. Act I, Scene II takes place before whose house?
(a) Baptista’s
(b) Biondello’s
(c) Hortensio’s
(d) Lucentio’s

5. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Stools
(b) Coxcombs
(c) Horses
(d) Asses

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?

3. Christopher Sly claims to have “no more doublets than” what in Scene II of the Induction?

4. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?

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?

(see the answer key)

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