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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 raven
(b) A nightingale
(c) A finch
(d) A canary

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

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

4. The Lord’s page tells Christopher Sly that the play he is about to watch is a kind of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Morality play
(b) History
(c) Tragedy
(d) Comedy

5. In Act II, Scene I, Petruchio says of Katharina, “She is not hot, but temperate as” what?
(a) The morn
(b) The raven
(c) The sea
(d) The dove

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

7. 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) Volubility
(b) Beauty
(c) Silence
(d) Modesty

8. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
(a) Fair gentleman
(b) Half lunatic
(c) Foolish knave
(d) Coxcomb

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

10. When Christopher Sly awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction, what does he request a pot of from the servants?
(a) Ale
(b) Scotch
(c) Mead
(d) Wine

11. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?
(a) Peremptory
(b) Incendiary
(c) Obstinate
(d) Cautionary

12. What gift does Tranio (in disguise) bestow upon Baptista in Act II, Scene I?
(a) A ring
(b) A wooden serving tray
(c) Greek and Latin books
(d) His coat of arms

13. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Charmidia
(b) Laertia
(c) Xanthippe
(d) Aegina

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?

2. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?

3. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?

4. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?

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

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