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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?
(a) A nightingale
(b) A canary
(c) A finch
(d) A raven

2. A Servant enters and bids Bianca to help dress what room in the end of Act III, Scene I?
(a) Baptista’s office
(b) Katharina’s bedchamber
(c) Lucentio’s drawing room
(d) The kitchen

3. Who exits with Petruchio and Katharina in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Grumio
(b) Gremio
(c) Lucentio
(d) Baptista

4. Where does Petruchio tell Katharina he will go to buy attire for their wedding day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Venice
(b) Paris
(c) Verona
(d) Mantua

5. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a rich sweet wine made from muscat grapes?
(a) Musciola
(b) Muscine
(c) Muscadel
(d) Muscatine

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tranio claim is the master of “the taming-school” in Act IV, Scene II?

2. Gremio claims that his scholar in Act II, Scene I “hath been long studying” where?

3. What is the setting for Act III, Scene II?

4. When discussing Katharina’s dowry in Act II, Scene I, Baptista states that he who weds his daughter will receive upon his death half of all his land and how many crowns?

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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