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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 word from Act III, Scene I refers to the whole series of recognized musical notes?
(a) Gamut
(b) Allure
(c) Extrapolation
(d) Indication

2. 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) Cambio
(b) Grumio
(c) Baptista
(d) Gremio

3. The Pedant worries in Act IV, Scene IV that Baptista will recognize him because twenty years ago they were lodgers at what establishment in Genoa?
(a) The Black Bear
(b) The Phoenix
(c) The Pegasus
(d) The Elephant

4. Whose coat does Grumio tell Petruchio was not fully made in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Peter’s
(b) Gabriel’s
(c) Nathaniel’s
(d) Walter’s

5. Biondello tells Lucentio that the old priest from what church is at his command at all hours in Act IV, Scene IV?
(a) Saint Luke’s Church
(b) Saint Peter’s Church
(c) Saint Paul’s Church
(d) Saint Michael’s Church

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does the Pedant say is “renowned for grave citizens” in Act IV, Scene II?

2. Petruchio tells Katharina in Act III, Scene II, “Fear not, sweet wench, they shall not touch thee, Kate: / I'll buckler thee against” what?

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

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

5. What is the setting for Act III, Scene II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What disagreement takes place about the time of day in Act IV, Scene III?

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

7. Characterize the relationship between Katharina and Petruchio in the narrative. How is their relationship commonly approached in performance?

8. How is Petruchio and Katharina’s retirement to the bedchamber described in Act IV, Scene I?

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

10. How does Lucentio go about revealing his identity in Act III, Scene I? How does Bianca respond?

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