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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
(a) A priest
(b) A schoolmaster
(c) A gentlewoman
(d) A musician

3. The Lord orders his page to disguise himself as what in the play’s Induction?
(a) A priest
(b) A merchant
(c) A lady
(d) A knight

4. From where is Lucentio traveling in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Venice
(b) Paris
(c) Mantua
(d) Pisa

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Hostess demand that Christopher Sly pay for after having broken them in Scene I of the Induction?

2. What gift does Tranio (in disguise) bestow upon Baptista in Act II, Scene I?

3. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?

4. 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?

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

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