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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Petruchio speak in Act III, Scene II meaning to engage in drunken revel?
(a) Carouse
(b) Incriminate
(c) Discriminate
(d) Compensate

2. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a movable article of personal property?
(a) Pox
(b) Chattel
(c) Folly
(d) Aside

3. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
(a) Fair gentleman
(b) Half lunatic
(c) Foolish knave
(d) Coxcomb

4. What does Petruchio claim “now is sharp and passing empty” in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) My wolf
(b) My chantry
(c) My raven
(d) My falcon

5. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?
(a) Ordinances
(b) Predestinations
(c) Carry-alongs
(d) Appurtenances

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?

2. What does the Tailor bring in for Petruchio to view in Act IV, Scene III?

3. 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.”

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

5. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing a pair of boots that have been what in Act III, Scene II?

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