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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 rose
(b) The stream
(c) The sea
(d) The dove

3. Whom does “the shrew” refer to in the play?
(a) Bianca
(b) Olivia
(c) Katharina
(d) Viola

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

5. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?
(a) A priest
(b) A music teacher
(c) A nun
(d) A lady-in-waiting

Short Answer Questions

1. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?

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

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

4. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?

5. 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?

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