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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Christopher Sly awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction, what does he request a pot of from the servants?
(a) Ale
(b) Scotch
(c) Mead
(d) Wine

2. 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

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

4. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?
(a) A lady-in-waiting
(b) A music teacher
(c) A nun
(d) A priest

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Act III, Scene II?

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

3. What does the Latin word “regia,” used by Bianca in Act III, Scene I, translate to in English?

4. Katharina states in Act III, Scene II, “I must, forsooth, be forced / To give my hand opposed against my heart / Unto a mad-brain rudesby full of” what?

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

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