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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many “vile terms” does Hortensio say Katharina called him in Act II, Scene I?
(a) 10
(b) 50
(c) 5
(d) 20
2. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?
(a) Sour as to lemons, wouldst thou have some
(b) Dost thou find me sour? I’ll quench thy thirst
(c) Call me Katharina, fool, or thine eyes will shine
(d) It is my fashion, when I see a crab
3. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?
(a) Their fate
(b) Their fury
(c) Their glory
(d) Their love
4. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?
(a) Verona
(b) Lombardy
(c) Venice
(d) Padua
5. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Xanthippe
(b) Charmidia
(c) Aegina
(d) Laertia
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?
2. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
3. Petruchio states of Katharina in Act II, Scene I, “If she be curst, it is for policy, / For she's not froward, but modest as” what?
4. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?
5. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Petruchio respond to Hortensio’s warning in Act I, Scene II? What plan do these friends develop?
2. What characters (in disguise) are introduced in Act I, Scene II?
3. How does Petruchio introduce himself in Act II, Scene I?
4. What is an “induction”? What is the subject of the Induction in The Taming of the Shrew?
5. How is Katharina’s character established as “shrewish” in Act II?
6. How does the character of Petruchio feel about social conventions?
7. Who is Christopher Sly? What events surround him in Scene I of the Induction?
8. How does Petruchio respond to Baptista’s stipulations in Act II, Scene I?
9. What can be discerned about Baptista’s daughters from the conversation in Act I, Scene I?
10. What takes place during Katharina and Petruchio’s first meeting in Act II, Scene I?
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