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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where is Lucentio traveling in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Mantua
(b) Paris
(c) Pisa
(d) Venice

2. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Argentina
(b) Italy
(c) England
(d) France

3. What does Katharina say a woman may be made “if she had not a spirit to resist” in Act III, Scene II?
(a) A fool
(b) A child
(c) A wife
(d) A monster

4. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?
(a) Mountains
(b) Buildings
(c) Flowers
(d) Trees

5. What hound does the First Huntsman claim “twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent” and is the better dog in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Bartholomew
(b) Trumpet
(c) Belman
(d) Litio

Short Answer Questions

1. What is brought in by the Servants for Petruchio and Katharina’s dinner in Act IV, Scene I?

2. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say she be mute and will not speak a word; / Then I'll commend her” what?

3. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?

4. What is the setting for Act III, Scene I?

5. What is Katharina’s response when Petruchio asks her in Act II, Scene I, “Why, what’s a moveable?”

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