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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 setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?
(a) A room in Petruchio’s house
(b) Before an alehouse
(c) Before Hortensio’s house
(d) Before Baptista’s house

2. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) A mimosa
(b) A cup of sack
(c) A glass of mead
(d) A glass of champagne

3. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) Argentina

4. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?
(a) Incendiary
(b) Obstinate
(c) Peremptory
(d) Cautionary

5. With which servant does Petruchio enter in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Gremio
(b) Tranio
(c) Grumio
(d) Litio

Short Answer Questions

1. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?

2. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?

3. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?

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. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Petruchio introduce himself in Act II, Scene I?

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

3. What takes place during Katharina and Petruchio’s first meeting in Act II, Scene I?

4. How would you characterize Tranio’s performance in his disguise in the play?

5. Where are Lucentio and Tranio traveling in Act I, Scene I? What conversation do they overhear in this scene?

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

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

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

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

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

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