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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 15
(d) 20

2. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?
(a) A lady-in-waiting
(b) A music teacher
(c) A nun
(d) A priest

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

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

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

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

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

8. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?
(a) My sting
(b) Mine eyes
(c) My words
(d) My face

9. Act I, Scene II takes place before whose house?
(a) Hortensio’s
(b) Biondello’s
(c) Lucentio’s
(d) Baptista’s

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

11. The Lord claims he would not lose his hunting hound for how much money in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) 100 pounds
(b) 20 pounds
(c) Sixpence
(d) 50 pounds

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?

2. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?

3. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?

4. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?

5. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?

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