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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tranio (in disguise) claim is his father in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Vincentio
(c) Antonio
(d) Baptista

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

3. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Her hands
(b) Her cat
(c) Her legs
(d) Her dog

4. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Lucrece
(b) Socrates
(c) Plato
(d) Aristotle

5. 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) History
(c) Comedy
(d) Tragedy

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act II, Scene I, Petruchio says of Katharina, “She is not hot, but temperate as” what?

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

3. What is Lucentio’s destination when he stops for a brief visit in Act I, Scene I?

4. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?

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?

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