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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument do the Players sound in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) A trumpet
(b) A snare drum
(c) A piano
(d) A lute

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

3. What does Katharina say a woman may be made “if she had not a spirit to resist” in Act III, Scene II?
(a) A wife
(b) A monster
(c) A child
(d) A fool

4. 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) Beauty
(b) Volubility
(c) Silence
(d) Modesty

5. 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) Soliloquy
(b) Subtext
(c) Interrogation
(d) Aside

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon entering in Act III, Scene II, Petruchio remarks of Katharina, “To me she's married, not unto my” what?

2. What is the setting for Act II?

3. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?

4. What does Grumio say “have eaten the horses” in Act III, Scene II?

5. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing an old rusty sword taken from where in Act III, Scene II?

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