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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Coxcomb
(b) Fair gentleman
(c) Foolish knave
(d) Half lunatic

2. What is Lucentio’s destination when he stops for a brief visit in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Lombardy
(b) Burtonheath
(c) Messaline
(d) Mantua

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

4. The Widow states in Act V, Scene II, “He that is giddy thinks the world” does what?
(a) Sings lullabies
(b) Dances at night
(c) Turns clockwise
(d) Turns round

5. What word from Act V, Scene II means contemptible or base?
(a) Currish
(b) Intelligible
(c) Anticipatory
(d) Gentile

Short Answer Questions

1. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?

2. Who says to Petruchio in Act V, Scene II, “I think thou hast the veriest shrew of all”?

3. Whom is the Pedant disguised as in Act IV Scene IV?

4. What does Baptista claim have ears in Act IV, Scene IV?

5. What is the name of Petruchio’s recently deceased father in the play?

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