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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 that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?
(a) A canary
(b) A finch
(c) A raven
(d) A nightingale

2. By what name does Gremio introduce Lucentio (in disguise) in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Litio
(c) Cambio
(d) Petruchio

3. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?
(a) Mountains
(b) Buildings
(c) Flowers
(d) Trees

4. Tranio (in disguise) claims to be from where in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Pisa
(b) Verona
(c) Venice
(d) Mantua

5. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Baccare
(b) Sirrah
(c) Ho
(d) Alas

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?

2. From where is Lucentio traveling in Act I, Scene I?

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

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

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

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