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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tranio (in disguise) claims to be from where in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Verona
(b) Venice
(c) Pisa
(d) Mantua

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

3. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) A tinker
(b) An innkeeper
(c) A haberdasher
(d) A tailor

4. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Zeus
(b) The Vikings
(c) Richard Conqueror
(d) Hannibal

5. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?
(a) Before Hortensio’s house
(b) Before an alehouse
(c) A room in Petruchio’s house
(d) Before Baptista’s house

6. Christopher Sly claims to have “no more doublets than” what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Backs
(b) Coins
(c) Lechery
(d) Dogs

7. What word from Scene I of the Induction refers to a service room in which barrels or bottles of alcoholic drink were stored?
(a) Incendiary
(b) Buttery
(c) Attic
(d) Accoutrement

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

9. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Baptista
(b) Gremio
(c) Hortensio
(d) Biondello

10. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?
(a) With great regret, I inform you he is not home
(b) With sorrow, I must ask you to leave
(c) With all my heart, I’m glad to see you
(d) With great joy do I wed thee

11. What is the name of Petruchio’s recently deceased father in the play?
(a) Orsino
(b) Antonio
(c) Baptista
(d) Lord Oberly

12. Whom does “the shrew” refer to in the play?
(a) Katharina
(b) Viola
(c) Olivia
(d) Bianca

13. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Coxcombs
(b) Stools
(c) Asses
(d) Horses

14. How many “vile terms” does Hortensio say Katharina called him in Act II, Scene I?
(a) 50
(b) 10
(c) 20
(d) 5

15. When discussing Katharina’s dowry in Act II, Scene I, Baptista states that he who weds his daughter will receive upon his death half of all his land and how many crowns?
(a) 10,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 50,000
(d) 20,000

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Baptista’s youngest daughter in the play?

2. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?

3. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?

4. 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?

5. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?

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