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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. Petruchio tells Katharina in Act III, Scene II, “Fear not, sweet wench, they shall not touch thee, Kate: / I'll buckler thee against” what?
(a) A hundred
(b) A knave
(c) A thousand
(d) A million

2. What does the Latin word “regia,” used by Bianca in Act III, Scene I, translate to in English?
(a) I care not
(b) Love not
(c) Presume not
(d) Adore

3. Petruchio uses what adjective meaning “pretty” to describe his bride in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Loutish
(b) Bonny
(c) Vexing
(d) Lithe

4. What does Katharina say a woman may be made “if she had not a spirit to resist” in Act III, Scene II?
(a) A monster
(b) A child
(c) A fool
(d) A wife

5. In one of Petruchio’s famous lines in Act IV, Scene I, he states, “This is a way to kill a wife with” what?
(a) Clamor
(b) Kindness
(c) Chantry
(d) Chivalry

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Petruchio’s spaniel he asks for in Act IV, Scene I?

2. Whose “dagger was not come from sheathing” according to Grumio in Act IV, Scene I?

3. What kind of bracelets does Petruchio describe in Act IV, Scene III?

4. Biondello tells Lucentio that the old priest from what church is at his command at all hours in Act IV, Scene IV?

5. What does Grumio say “have eaten the horses” in Act III, Scene II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation takes place between Tranio, Lucentio, and Bianca in Act IV, Scene II?

2. How does Petruchio treat Katharina differently than the other characters in the play?

3. What does Gremio reveal of the wedding in Act III, Scene II?

4. How would you characterize the Pedant in Act IV?

5. How does Baptista respond to Petruchio’s appearance in Act III, Scene II? Why?

6. How does Petruchio appear when he arrives at the wedding in Act III, Scene II? Why?

7. What schemes do Tranio and Lucentio reveal in Act III, Scene II?

8. How is the character of Grumio characterized in the play? What is Grumio’s relationship to language?

9. Why is Bianca sought after by so many suitors in the play? How does Bianca’s characterization relate to Katharina’s?

10. What happens when the Haberdasher and Tailor arrive at Petruchio’s house in Act IV, Scene III?

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