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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Monday
(b) Thursday
(c) Saturday
(d) Sunday

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where does Christopher Sly claim to hail from in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Mantua
(b) Burtonheath
(c) Messaline
(d) Venice

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

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

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

12. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?
(a) Dost thou find me sour? I’ll quench thy thirst
(b) It is my fashion, when I see a crab
(c) Sour as to lemons, wouldst thou have some
(d) Call me Katharina, fool, or thine eyes will shine

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

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

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) 50,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 20,000
(d) 10,000

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?

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

3. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?

4. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?

5. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?

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