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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What hound does the First Huntsman claim “twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent” and is the better dog in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Trumpet
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Litio
(d) Belman

3. Petruchio uses what adjective meaning “pretty” to describe his bride in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Bonny
(b) Loutish
(c) Lithe
(d) Vexing

4. The following lines of Hortensio’s in Act III, Scene I are an example of what literary technique? “How fiery and forward our Pedant is! / Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love: / Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet.”
(a) Subtext
(b) Soliloquy
(c) Interrogation
(d) Aside

5. With which servant does Petruchio enter in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Grumio
(b) Gremio
(c) Litio
(d) Tranio

Short Answer Questions

1. Christopher Sly claims to have “no more doublets than” what in Scene II of the Induction?

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

3. A Servant enters and bids Bianca to help dress what room in the end of Act III, Scene I?

4. What gift does Tranio (in disguise) bestow upon Baptista in Act II, Scene I?

5. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?

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