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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Marian Hacket
(b) Bianca
(c) Katharina
(d) Madonna

2. 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) To Katharina’s room
(d) Through the orchard

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

4. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?
(a) Harlequin
(b) Charlatan
(c) Artisan
(d) Coxcomb

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

6. 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) Scotch
(b) Ale
(c) Wine
(d) Mead

7. 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) 20,000
(b) 50,000
(c) 10,000
(d) 100,000

8. Who does Tranio (in disguise) claim is his father in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Baptista
(c) Antonio
(d) Vincentio

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

10. 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?
(a) A soldier
(b) A nun
(c) A rogue
(d) A gentleman

11. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?
(a) Predestinations
(b) Carry-alongs
(c) Ordinances
(d) Appurtenances

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

13. From where is Lucentio traveling in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Venice
(b) Pisa
(c) Paris
(d) Mantua

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

15. What is Katharina’s response when Petruchio asks her in Act II, Scene I, “Why, what’s a moveable?”
(a) Thy father
(b) Art thou not
(c) You are, sir
(d) A join’d-stool

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?

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

3. In Act II, Scene I, Petruchio says of Katharina, “She is not hot, but temperate as” what?

4. Act I, Scene II takes place before whose house?

5. What is Lucentio’s destination when he stops for a brief visit in Act I, Scene I?

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