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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Verona
(b) Messaline
(c) Burtonheath
(d) Mantua

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

4. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?
(a) A canary
(b) A finch
(c) A raven
(d) A nightingale

5. To whom is Lucentio speaking in the opening of Act I, Scene I?
(a) The Hostess
(b) Tranio
(c) Orsino
(d) Baptista

6. What is the name of Baptista’s eldest daughter in the play?
(a) Juliet
(b) Maria
(c) Katharina
(d) Bianca

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

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

9. Gremio claims that his scholar in Act II, Scene I “hath been long studying” where?
(a) Paris
(b) Venice
(c) Messaline
(d) Rheims

10. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?
(a) Bartholomew
(b) Licio
(c) Grumio
(d) Tranio

11. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) 20
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 5

12. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Baccare
(b) Alas
(c) Sirrah
(d) Ho

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?

3. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?

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

5. From where is Lucentio traveling in Act I, Scene I?

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