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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. The Lord’s page tells Christopher Sly that the play he is about to watch is a kind of what in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) History
(b) Comedy
(c) Morality play
(d) Tragedy

2. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?
(a) Buildings
(b) Mountains
(c) Trees
(d) Flowers

3. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?
(a) Minola
(b) Antola
(c) Minalta
(d) Lucretius

4. The Lord orders his page to disguise himself as what in the play’s Induction?
(a) A lady
(b) A merchant
(c) A knight
(d) A priest

5. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?
(a) Licio
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Grumio
(d) Tranio

Short Answer Questions

1. What hound does the First Huntsman claim “twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent” and is the better dog in Scene I of the Induction?

2. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?

3. What is Katharina’s response when Petruchio asks her in Act II, Scene I, “Why, what’s a moveable?”

4. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?

5. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Christopher Sly? What events surround him in Scene I of the Induction?

2. How is Katharina’s character established as “shrewish” in Act II?

3. What possible causes are illustrated for Katharina’s personality traits in Act II?

4. How does the theme of gender roles apply in the Induction of The Taming of the Shrew?

5. How does the theme of appearance and reality manifest in the Induction and Act I?

6. How does the character of Petruchio feel about social conventions?

7. What plot do Lucentio and Tranio concoct in Act I, Scene I? What is their objective with this scheme?

8. How does the theme of disguise and role-playing apply to the Induction?

9. What matter of business does Baptista attend to after agreeing to Katharina’s marriage in Act II?

10. What can be discerned about Baptista’s daughters from the conversation in Act I, Scene I?

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