The Taming of the Shrew Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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The Taming of the Shrew Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Katharina claims she is giddy for lack of what in Act IV, Scene III?
(a) Love
(b) Water
(c) Sleep
(d) Talk

2. The Lord orders his page to disguise himself as what in the play’s Induction?
(a) A merchant
(b) A knight
(c) A lady
(d) A priest

3. What instrument do the Players sound in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) A snare drum
(b) A trumpet
(c) A lute
(d) A piano

4. Whose coat does Grumio tell Petruchio was not fully made in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Peter’s
(b) Walter’s
(c) Gabriel’s
(d) Nathaniel’s

5. The following lines of Hortensio’s in Act III, Scene I are an example of what literary technique? “How fiery and forward our Pedant is! / Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love: / Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet.”
(a) Interrogation
(b) Aside
(c) Soliloquy
(d) Subtext

Short Answer Questions

1. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?

2. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?

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

4. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?

5. What does Bianca’s line from Act III, Scene I, “hic est Sigeia tellus,” translate to in English?

(see the answer key)

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