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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing a pair of boots that have been what in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Laundry boards
(b) Tissue boxes
(c) Shop stools
(d) Candle-cases

2. The Pedant worries in Act IV, Scene IV that Baptista will recognize him because twenty years ago they were lodgers at what establishment in Genoa?
(a) The Phoenix
(b) The Black Bear
(c) The Elephant
(d) The Pegasus

3. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Bianca
(b) Katharina
(c) Madonna
(d) Marian Hacket

4. What is the name of Baptista’s eldest daughter in the play?
(a) Bianca
(b) Maria
(c) Katharina
(d) Juliet

5. What is the setting for Act II?
(a) Petruchio’s country house
(b) Before Lucentia’s house
(c) A room in Baptista’s house
(d) A bedchamber in the Lord's house

Short Answer Questions

1. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?

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

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

4. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?

5. 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?

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