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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 brought in by the Servants for Petruchio and Katharina’s dinner in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Filet mignon
(b) Leg of lamb
(c) Mutton
(d) Onion soup

2. Who says after Petruchio and Katharina’s departure in Act III, Scene II, “Went they not quickly, I should die with laughing”?
(a) Baptista
(b) Grumio
(c) Gremio
(d) Bianca

3. Who speaks the following lines in Act IV, Scene I: “Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and / all foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? was ever / man so rayed?”
(a) Grumio
(b) Baptista
(c) Gremio
(d) Cambio

4. According to Curtis in Act IV, Scene I, Petruchio lectures Katharina on what in their bridal chamber?
(a) Politics
(b) Her education
(c) Her father
(d) Continency

5. Katharina says in Act IV, Scene III, “The more my wrong, the more his spite appears: / What, did he marry me to” what?
(a) Famish me
(b) Curry favor with me
(c) Adore me
(d) Abandon me

Short Answer Questions

1. Hortensio calls Lucentio a wrangling what in Act III, Scene I?

2. Katharina claims she is giddy for lack of what in Act IV, Scene III?

3. Hortensio claims that he will marry a wealthy widow before how many days pass in Act IV, Scene II?

4. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene III?

5. Katharina tells Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “You may be jogging whiles your boots are” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Petruchio describe his treatment of his bride in the end of Act IV, Scene I?

4. What do Petruchio and Katharina argue about during their travels in Act IV, Scene V?

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

6. How does Petruchio win his argument in Act IV, Scene V?

7. How is the theme of appearance and reality illustrated in Act III?

8. How do Hortensio’s objectives change in Act IV, Scene II? Why?

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

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

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