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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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

4. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?
(a) His wrist
(b) His arm
(c) His leg
(d) His head

5. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Maria
(b) Katharina
(c) Biondella
(d) Bianca

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

7. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Stools
(b) Coxcombs
(c) Asses
(d) Horses

8. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say she be mute and will not speak a word; / Then I'll commend her” what?
(a) Silence
(b) Beauty
(c) Modesty
(d) Volubility

9. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 5
(d) 12

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

11. 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 gentleman
(b) A rogue
(c) A soldier
(d) A nun

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

13. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
(a) Coxcomb
(b) Fair gentleman
(c) Foolish knave
(d) Half lunatic

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

15. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) The Vikings
(b) Zeus
(c) Richard Conqueror
(d) Hannibal

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?

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

3. What wealthy suitor to Bianca says of Katharina in Act I, Scene I, “To cart her rather: she's too rough for me”?

4. Petruchio introduces Hortensio, disguised as a schoolmaster, and tells Baptista that he is from where in Act II, Scene I?

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

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