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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Morality play
(b) Comedy
(c) History
(d) Tragedy

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

3. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Maria
(b) Bianca
(c) Biondella
(d) Katharina

4. What word from Scene I of the Induction refers to a service room in which barrels or bottles of alcoholic drink were stored?
(a) Accoutrement
(b) Buttery
(c) Incendiary
(d) Attic

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?

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

3. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?

4. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?

5. 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?

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