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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say she be mute and will not speak a word; / Then I'll commend her” what?
(a) Beauty
(b) Modesty
(c) Volubility
(d) Silence

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

3. By what saint does Petruchio swear in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Saint Peter
(b) Saint James
(c) Saint Michael
(d) Saint George

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?
(a) A nightingale
(b) A finch
(c) A canary
(d) A raven

5. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?
(a) Licio
(b) Grumio
(c) Bartholomew
(d) Tranio

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?

2. 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?

3. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?

4. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?

5. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?

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