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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 all my heart, I’m glad to see you
(b) With sorrow, I must ask you to leave
(c) With great regret, I inform you he is not home
(d) With great joy do I wed thee

2. 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

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

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

5. What wealthy suitor to Bianca says of Katharina in Act I, Scene I, “To cart her rather: she's too rough for me”?
(a) Gremio
(b) Tranio
(c) Grumio
(d) Baptista

6. Petruchio states of Katharina in Act II, Scene I, “If she be curst, it is for policy, / For she's not froward, but modest as” what?
(a) The stream
(b) The sea
(c) The dove
(d) The rose

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

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

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

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

13. What is Lucentio’s destination when he stops for a brief visit in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Mantua
(b) Burtonheath
(c) Lombardy
(d) Messaline

14. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?
(a) Minola
(b) Minalta
(c) Lucretius
(d) Antola

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?

2. Where does Baptista invite his guests to take a walk before dinner in Act II, Scene I?

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

4. Who does Tranio (in disguise) claim is his father in Act II, Scene I?

5. 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?

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