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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Petruchio throw “all in the sexton’s face” at the wedding, according to Gremio in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Sops
(b) Ale
(c) Wine
(d) Butter

2. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?
(a) Mine eyes
(b) My face
(c) My sting
(d) My words

3. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?
(a) A nun
(b) A rogue
(c) A soldier
(d) A gentleman

4. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing an old rusty sword taken from where in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Baptista’s armory
(b) The town-armory
(c) The police station
(d) His father

5. What word from Act III, Scene II means to rule arbitrarily or despotically?
(a) Dispose
(b) Domineer
(c) Incriminate
(d) Arraign

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Petruchio uses what adjective meaning “pretty” to describe his bride in Act III, Scene II?

3. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?

4. Tranio (in disguise) claims to be from where in Act II, Scene I?

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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