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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does the Pedant say is “renowned for grave citizens” in Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Messaline
(b) Padua
(c) Pisa
(d) Lombardy

2. Biondello tells Lucentio that the old priest from what church is at his command at all hours in Act IV, Scene IV?
(a) Saint Paul’s Church
(b) Saint Michael’s Church
(c) Saint Luke’s Church
(d) Saint Peter’s Church

3. 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) Grumio
(c) Bianca
(d) Baptista

4. 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

5. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to wrath or irritability?
(a) Choler
(b) Hyperbolical
(c) Chantry
(d) Loutish

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

7. What word does Petruchio speak in Act III, Scene II meaning to engage in drunken revel?
(a) Incriminate
(b) Discriminate
(c) Carouse
(d) Compensate

8. Petruchio tells the wedding guests in Act III, Scene II, “Be mad and merry, or go” what?
(a) Hang yourselves
(b) Dance and sing
(c) Caterwaul in the woods
(d) Drink from the fountain

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

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

11. 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 he was late
(c) Because Katharina’s horse fell
(d) Because dinner wasn’t ready

12. In one of Petruchio’s famous lines in Act IV, Scene I, he states, “This is a way to kill a wife with” what?
(a) Kindness
(b) Chivalry
(c) Chantry
(d) Clamor

13. 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) Aside
(b) Soliloquy
(c) Subtext
(d) Interrogation

14. What does Petruchio claim “now is sharp and passing empty” in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) My wolf
(b) My falcon
(c) My chantry
(d) My raven

15. Biondello claims that a Pedant or what is coming down the hill in Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Priest
(b) Black knight
(c) Mercatante
(d) Lord Duncan

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting of Act IV, Scene I?

3. What is the name of Petruchio’s spaniel he asks for in Act IV, Scene I?

4. What is Bianca’s reply in Act III, Scene II when asked, “Mistress, what's your opinion of your sister?”

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

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