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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) A glass of mead
(b) A cup of sack
(c) A glass of champagne
(d) A mimosa

4. What is the name of Baptista’s youngest daughter in the play?
(a) Maria
(b) Viola
(c) Katharina
(d) Bianca

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

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

7. Where does Petruchio tell Katharina he will go to buy attire for their wedding day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Verona
(b) Mantua
(c) Paris
(d) Venice

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

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

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

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

12. Where does Baptista invite his guests to take a walk before dinner in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Through the city
(b) To the church
(c) Through the orchard
(d) To Katharina’s room

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

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

15. What does the Hostess demand that Christopher Sly pay for after having broken them in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Wine bottles
(b) Glasses
(c) Door frames
(d) Windows

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?

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?

5. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?

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