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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?
(a) Their fate
(b) Their love
(c) Their fury
(d) Their glory

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

3. What instrument do the Players sound in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) A trumpet
(b) A lute
(c) A snare drum
(d) A piano

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?

2. 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?

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

4. Whom does “the shrew” refer to in the play?

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

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