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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 Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
(a) A priest
(b) A musician
(c) A gentlewoman
(d) A schoolmaster

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

3. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) An innkeeper
(b) A tinker
(c) A haberdasher
(d) A tailor

4. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?
(a) Minola
(b) Minalta
(c) Antola
(d) Lucretius

5. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?
(a) Ordinances
(b) Predestinations
(c) Appurtenances
(d) Carry-alongs

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?

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

3. To whom is Lucentio speaking in the opening of Act I, Scene I?

4. Whom does “the shrew” refer to in the play?

5. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?

(see the answer key)

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