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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. Act I, Scene II takes place before whose house?
(a) Hortensio’s
(b) Lucentio’s
(c) Biondello’s
(d) Baptista’s
2. Where does Christopher Sly claim to hail from in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Messaline
(b) Burtonheath
(c) Mantua
(d) Venice
3. What is the name of Petruchio’s recently deceased father in the play?
(a) Baptista
(b) Lord Oberly
(c) Antonio
(d) Orsino
4. What word from Scene I of the Induction refers to a service room in which barrels or bottles of alcoholic drink were stored?
(a) Accoutrement
(b) Buttery
(c) Attic
(d) Incendiary
5. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) An innkeeper
(b) A tinker
(c) A haberdasher
(d) A tailor
Short Answer Questions
1. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?
2. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?
3. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?
4. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?
5. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where are Lucentio and Tranio traveling in Act I, Scene I? What conversation do they overhear in this scene?
2. What possible causes are illustrated for Katharina’s personality traits in Act II?
3. Who is Christopher Sly? What events surround him in Scene I of the Induction?
4. How does Petruchio respond to Baptista’s stipulations in Act II, Scene I?
5. What characters (in disguise) are introduced in Act I, Scene II?
6. How does the character of Petruchio feel about social conventions?
7. How does the theme of gender roles apply in the Induction of The Taming of the Shrew?
8. How does the theme of disguise and role-playing apply to the Induction?
9. How is Katharina’s character established as “shrewish” in Act II?
10. From where does Petruchio arrive in Act I, Scene II? What is his objective in Padua?
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