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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Baptista’s youngest daughter in the play?
(a) Maria
(b) Bianca
(c) Katharina
(d) Viola

2. 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?
(a) Liver
(b) Contrariness
(c) Spleen
(d) Spite

3. Gremio says of Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “he took the bride about the neck / And kiss'd her lips with such a clamorous smack / That at the parting all the church did” what?
(a) Echo
(b) Exalt
(c) Worry
(d) Gape

4. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as worn in the 16th and 17th centuries?
(a) Boggin
(b) Doublet
(c) Coverlet
(d) Jerkin

5. 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) 15
(d) 12

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Petruchio throw “all in the sexton’s face” at the wedding, according to Gremio in Act III, Scene II?

2. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a rich sweet wine made from muscat grapes?

3. By what name does Gremio introduce Lucentio (in disguise) in Act II, Scene I?

4. What is the setting for Act II?

5. Who speaks the following line in Act III, Scene II: “Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work”?

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