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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. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?
(a) Tranio
(b) Gremio
(c) Bartholomew
(d) Curtis
2. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Laertia
(b) Aegina
(c) Charmidia
(d) Xanthippe
3. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?
(a) Mine eyes
(b) My sting
(c) My words
(d) My face
4. Who does Tranio (in disguise) claim is his father in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Antonio
(b) Baptista
(c) Hortensio
(d) Vincentio
5. 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?
(a) The dove
(b) The sea
(c) The stream
(d) The rose
Short Answer Questions
1. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?
2. Where does Baptista invite his guests to take a walk before dinner in Act II, Scene I?
3. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?
4. What is the setting for Act II?
5. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?
Short Essay Questions
1. What matter of business does Baptista attend to after agreeing to Katharina’s marriage in Act II?
2. How does the character of Petruchio feel about social conventions?
3. What can be discerned about Baptista’s daughters from the conversation in Act I, Scene I?
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 does Petruchio respond to Hortensio’s warning in Act I, Scene II? What plan do these friends develop?
6. How does Petruchio describe his plan for dealing with Katharina as he waits to meet her in Act II, Scene I?
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 is Katharina’s character established as “shrewish” in Act II?
10. What is an “induction”? What is the subject of the Induction in The Taming of the Shrew?
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