The Taming of the Shrew Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Taming of the Shrew Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which servant does Petruchio enter in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Tranio
(b) Grumio
(c) Litio
(d) Gremio

2. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?
(a) Venice
(b) Padua
(c) Verona
(d) Lombardy

3. 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) Belman
(b) Trumpet
(c) Litio
(d) Bartholomew

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

5. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Plato
(d) Lucrece

6. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?
(a) Coxcomb
(b) Harlequin
(c) Artisan
(d) Charlatan

7. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?
(a) Predestinations
(b) Ordinances
(c) Appurtenances
(d) Carry-alongs

8. 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?
(a) Modesty
(b) Silence
(c) Beauty
(d) Volubility

9. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
(a) A gentlewoman
(b) A musician
(c) A priest
(d) A schoolmaster

10. By what name does Gremio introduce Lucentio (in disguise) in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Litio
(b) Hortensio
(c) Cambio
(d) Petruchio

11. Petruchio introduces Hortensio, disguised as a schoolmaster, and tells Baptista that he is from where in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Verona
(b) Messaline
(c) Mantua
(d) Pisa

12. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Her legs
(b) Her dog
(c) Her cat
(d) Her hands

13. By what saint does Petruchio swear in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Saint George
(b) Saint Michael
(c) Saint Peter
(d) Saint James

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

15. What is Katharina’s response when Petruchio asks her in Act II, Scene I, “Why, what’s a moveable?”
(a) Art thou not
(b) A join’d-stool
(c) Thy father
(d) You are, sir

Short Answer Questions

1. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?

2. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?

3. What is the name of Baptista’s eldest daughter in the play?

4. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?

5. What instrument do the Players sound in Scene I of the Induction?

(see the answer keys)

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