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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Lord orders his page to disguise himself as what in the play’s Induction?
(a) A knight
(b) A merchant
(c) A lady
(d) A priest

2. What does Bianca’s line from Act III, Scene I, “hic est Sigeia tellus,” translate to in English?
(a) I trust you not
(b) I warrant nothing
(c) I love you
(d) I know you not

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. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) 5
(b) 20
(c) 12
(d) 15

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?
(a) Modesty
(b) Beauty
(c) Silence
(d) Volubility

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?

3. Act I, Scene II takes place before whose house?

4. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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