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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose “dagger was not come from sheathing” according to Grumio in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Walter’s
(b) Peter’s
(c) Gabriel’s
(d) Nathaniel’s

2. The Pedant worries in Act IV, Scene IV that Baptista will recognize him because twenty years ago they were lodgers at what establishment in Genoa?
(a) The Elephant
(b) The Phoenix
(c) The Pegasus
(d) The Black Bear

3. A Servant enters and bids Bianca to help dress what room in the end of Act III, Scene I?
(a) Katharina’s bedchamber
(b) Baptista’s office
(c) Lucentio’s drawing room
(d) The kitchen

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

5. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene IV?
(a) Hortensio’s house
(b) Before an alehouse
(c) A room in Lucentio’s house
(d) Before Baptista’s house

6. Petruchio uses what adjective meaning “pretty” to describe his bride in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Lithe
(b) Vexing
(c) Bonny
(d) Loutish

7. Whose coat does Grumio tell Petruchio was not fully made in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Nathaniel’s
(b) Walter’s
(c) Peter’s
(d) Gabriel’s

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

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

10. The following lines of Hortensio’s in Act III, Scene I are an example of what literary technique? “How fiery and forward our Pedant is! / Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love: / Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet.”
(a) Soliloquy
(b) Interrogation
(c) Subtext
(d) Aside

11. The Pedant tells Baptista that he has come to Padua for what reason in Act IV Scene IV?
(a) To attend his son’s marriage
(b) To gather some debts
(c) To visit his grandmother
(d) To attend his daughter’s marriage

12. What does Grumio say “have eaten the horses” in Act III, Scene II?
(a) The oats
(b) The masters
(c) Thine goats
(d) The mulberry

13. What does Katharina say a woman may be made “if she had not a spirit to resist” in Act III, Scene II?
(a) A monster
(b) A fool
(c) A wife
(d) A child

14. What is brought in by the Servants for Petruchio and Katharina’s dinner in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Onion soup
(b) Leg of lamb
(c) Filet mignon
(d) Mutton

15. What is the name of Petruchio’s spaniel he asks for in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Bartholomew
(b) Troilus
(c) Romeo
(d) Mercutio

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Act III, Scene I?

2. Upon entering in Act III, Scene II, Petruchio remarks of Katharina, “To me she's married, not unto my” what?

3. The Pedant claims to have bills for money by exchange from where in Act IV, Scene II?

4. When Petruchio and company enter after the wedding in Act III, Scene II, Petruchio claims that he must leave before when?

5. What word from Act III, Scene I refers to the whole series of recognized musical notes?

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