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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. 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?
(a) A nun
(b) A gentleman
(c) A rogue
(d) A soldier

2. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?
(a) Lutes
(b) Written words
(c) Piano keys
(d) Violins

3. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Coxcombs
(b) Horses
(c) Asses
(d) Stools

4. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?
(a) A canary
(b) A raven
(c) A nightingale
(d) A finch

5. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Curtis
(b) Grumio
(c) Biondello
(d) Hortensio

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

3. Act I, Scene II takes place before whose house?

4. When discussing Katharina’s dowry in Act II, Scene I, Baptista states that he who weds his daughter will receive upon his death half of all his land and how many crowns?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Petruchio respond to Hortensio’s warning in Act I, Scene II? What plan do these friends develop?

2. From where does Petruchio arrive in Act I, Scene II? What is his objective in Padua?

3. What takes place between Katharina and Bianca in the opening of Act II?

4. How do Lucentio and Tranio introduce themselves in Act II, Scene I? What do Baptista and Petruchio agree upon in this scene?

5. How is Petruchio’s character generally interpreted in productions of The Taming of the Shrew?

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

7. What does Petruchio announce after his meeting with Katharina when Baptista returns in Act II, Scene I?

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

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

10. What characters (in disguise) are introduced in Act I, Scene II?

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