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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?
(a) His wrist
(b) His arm
(c) His leg
(d) His head

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

3. Petruchio states of Katharina in Act II, Scene I, “If she be curst, it is for policy, / For she's not froward, but modest as” what?
(a) The sea
(b) The stream
(c) The rose
(d) The dove

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

5. Tranio (in disguise) claims to be from where in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Venice
(b) Verona
(c) Mantua
(d) Pisa

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?

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

3. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?

4. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?

5. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?

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