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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grumio say his master beat him while traveling after the wedding in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Because Grumio’s horse fell
(b) Because Katharina’s horse fell
(c) Because dinner wasn’t ready
(d) Because he was late

2. The Pedant tells Baptista that he has come to Padua for what reason in Act IV Scene IV?
(a) To attend his daughter’s marriage
(b) To gather some debts
(c) To attend his son’s marriage
(d) To visit his grandmother

3. What wealthy suitor to Bianca says of Katharina in Act I, Scene I, “To cart her rather: she's too rough for me”?
(a) Baptista
(b) Grumio
(c) Gremio
(d) Tranio

4. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Biondello
(b) Hortensio
(c) Grumio
(d) Curtis

5. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?
(a) Dost thou find me sour? I’ll quench thy thirst
(b) Sour as to lemons, wouldst thou have some
(c) Call me Katharina, fool, or thine eyes will shine
(d) It is my fashion, when I see a crab

Short Answer Questions

1. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?

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

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

4. Where does Baptista invite his guests to take a walk before dinner in Act II, Scene I?

5. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?

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