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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Hostess demand that Christopher Sly pay for after having broken them in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Wine bottles
(b) Door frames
(c) Windows
(d) Glasses

2. What is Katharina’s response when Petruchio asks her in Act II, Scene I, “Why, what’s a moveable?”
(a) You are, sir
(b) Thy father
(c) A join’d-stool
(d) Art thou not

3. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?
(a) Harlequin
(b) Coxcomb
(c) Artisan
(d) Charlatan

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

5. Gremio claims that his scholar in Act II, Scene I “hath been long studying” where?
(a) Venice
(b) Messaline
(c) Paris
(d) Rheims

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Baptista invite his guests to take a walk before dinner in Act II, Scene I?

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

3. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?

4. What instrument do the Players sound in Scene I of the Induction?

5. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?

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