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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Saturday
(d) Thursday

2. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Biondello
(c) Baptista
(d) Gremio

3. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?
(a) My words
(b) My face
(c) Mine eyes
(d) My sting

4. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?
(a) Piano keys
(b) Violins
(c) Written words
(d) Lutes

5. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?
(a) Gremio
(b) Tranio
(c) Curtis
(d) Bartholomew

Short Answer Questions

1. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?

2. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?

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

4. By what name does Gremio introduce Lucentio (in disguise) in Act II, Scene I?

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

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