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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom is the Pedant disguised as in Act IV Scene IV?
(a) Lucentio
(b) Vincentio
(c) Baptista
(d) Hortensio

2. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Xanthippe
(b) Charmidia
(c) Laertia
(d) Aegina

3. What is the setting for Act V, Scene I?
(a) Petruchio’s country house
(b) Before Baptista’s house
(c) Before an alehouse
(d) Before Lucentio’s house

4. In one of Petruchio’s famous lines in Act IV, Scene I, he states, “This is a way to kill a wife with” what?
(a) Chivalry
(b) Clamor
(c) Chantry
(d) Kindness

5. What kind of bracelets does Petruchio describe in Act IV, Scene III?
(a) Silver
(b) Amber
(c) Golden
(d) Diamond

Short Answer Questions

1. Tranio says in Act V, Scene II: “'Tis well, sir, that you hunted for yourself: / 'Tis thought your ____ does hold you at a bay.”

2. Hortensio claims that he will marry a wealthy widow before how many days pass in Act IV, Scene II?

3. Grumio tells Petruchio in Act IV, Scene I that there “was no link to color” whose hat?

4. Who speaks the following lines in Act IV, Scene I: “Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and / all foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? was ever / man so rayed?”

5. Why does Grumio say his master beat him while traveling after the wedding in Act IV, Scene I?

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