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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cousin does Petruchio tell the Servants to bring to the dinner table in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Alexander
(b) Troilus
(c) Litio
(d) Ferdinand

2. Bianca’s line “celsa senis” from Act III, Scene I translates to what in English?
(a) Please leave
(b) Presume not
(c) Despair not
(d) I love you

3. Who says of Petruchio and Katharina in Act III, Scene II, “Of all mad matches never was the like”?
(a) Tranio
(b) Baptista
(c) Hortensio
(d) Bianca

4. Why does Grumio say his master beat him while traveling after the wedding in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Because Grumio’s horse fell
(b) Because Katharina’s horse fell
(c) Because he was late
(d) Because dinner wasn’t ready

5. What kind of bracelets does Petruchio describe in Act IV, Scene III?
(a) Diamond
(b) Silver
(c) Amber
(d) Golden

6. What does the Tailor bring in for Petruchio to view in Act IV, Scene III?
(a) A coat
(b) A blouse
(c) A robe
(d) A dress

7. What does the Latin word “regia,” used by Bianca in Act III, Scene I, translate to in English?
(a) Presume not
(b) Love not
(c) I care not
(d) Adore

8. Katharina says in Act IV, Scene III, “The more my wrong, the more his spite appears: / What, did he marry me to” what?
(a) Curry favor with me
(b) Abandon me
(c) Famish me
(d) Adore me

9. Who does Lucentio say AEacides was in Act III, Scene I?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Athena
(c) Ares
(d) Ajax

10. Gremio says of Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “he took the bride about the neck / And kiss'd her lips with such a clamorous smack / That at the parting all the church did” what?
(a) Gape
(b) Exalt
(c) Echo
(d) Worry

11. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to a stout fabric of cotton and flax?
(a) Chantry
(b) Nylon
(c) Flax
(d) Fustian

12. Who exits with Petruchio and Katharina in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Grumio
(b) Lucentio
(c) Baptista
(d) Gremio

13. Katharina tells Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “You may be jogging whiles your boots are” what?
(a) Harnessed
(b) New
(c) Green
(d) Broken in

14. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene III?
(a) Before Baptista’s house
(b) A room in Petruchio’s house
(c) A room in Baptista’s house
(d) Lucentio’s house

15. Who says after Petruchio and Katharina’s departure in Act III, Scene II, “Went they not quickly, I should die with laughing”?
(a) Gremio
(b) Baptista
(c) Grumio
(d) Bianca

Short Answer Questions

1. After Petruchio and Katharina exit in Act III, Scene II, Baptista says, “Nay, let them go, a couple of” what?

2. According to Curtis in Act IV, Scene I, Petruchio lectures Katharina on what in their bridal chamber?

3. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a movable article of personal property?

4. Who speaks the following lines in Act IV, Scene I: “Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and / all foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? was ever / man so rayed?”

5. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as worn in the 16th and 17th centuries?

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