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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?
(a) Peremptory
(b) Incendiary
(c) Cautionary
(d) Obstinate

2. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?
(a) Before an alehouse
(b) A room in Petruchio’s house
(c) Before Baptista’s house
(d) Before Hortensio’s house

3. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Lucrece
(c) Socrates
(d) Plato

4. Christopher Sly claims to have “no more doublets than” what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Lechery
(b) Dogs
(c) Backs
(d) Coins

5. When discussing Katharina’s dowry in Act II, Scene I, Baptista states that he who weds his daughter will receive upon his death half of all his land and how many crowns?
(a) 20,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 10,000
(d) 50,000

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bianca’s line from Act III, Scene I, “hic est Sigeia tellus,” translate to in English?

2. What does Katharina say a woman may be made “if she had not a spirit to resist” in Act III, Scene II?

3. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?

4. What wealthy suitor to Bianca says of Katharina in Act I, Scene I, “To cart her rather: she's too rough for me”?

5. What is the name of Petruchio’s recently deceased father in the play?

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