1. Bianca’s line “celsa senis” from Act III, Scene I translates to what in English?
(a) Please leave
(b) I love you
(c) Despair not
(d) Presume not

2. Whom does Baptista tell to take the bridegroom’s place at the dinner table at the end of Act III?
(a) Grumio
(b) Gremio
(c) Lucentio
(d) Hortensio

3. 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) Doublet
(b) Coverlet
(c) Jerkin
(d) Boggin

4. Katharina claims she is giddy for lack of what in Act IV, Scene III?
(a) Love
(b) Sleep
(c) Water
(d) Talk

5. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Mantua
(b) Verona
(c) Burtonheath
(d) Messaline

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?

4. Where does the Pedant claim to be from in Act IV, Scene II?

5. What word from Act III, Scene I refers to the whole series of recognized musical notes?

(see the answer key)

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