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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. Who does Lucentio say AEacides was in Act III, Scene I?
(a) Ares
(b) Athena
(c) Ajax
(d) Jupiter
2. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as worn in the 16th and 17th centuries?
(a) Coverlet
(b) Boggin
(c) Jerkin
(d) Doublet
3. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing a pair of boots that have been what in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Shop stools
(b) Laundry boards
(c) Tissue boxes
(d) Candle-cases
4. What does Baptista claim have ears in Act IV, Scene IV?
(a) Pitchers
(b) Trees
(c) Walls
(d) Insects
5. The following lines of Hortensio’s in Act III, Scene I are an example of what literary technique? “How fiery and forward our Pedant is! / Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love: / Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet.”
(a) Aside
(b) Soliloquy
(c) Interrogation
(d) Subtext
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?”
2. Gremio says of Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “he took the bride about the neck / And kiss'd her lips with such a clamorous smack / That at the parting all the church did” what?
3. Whose coat does Grumio tell Petruchio was not fully made in Act IV, Scene I?
4. What does Grumio say “have eaten the horses” in Act III, Scene II?
5. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene III?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Petruchio win his argument in Act IV, Scene V?
2. Where do Petruchio and Katharina arrive in Act IV, Scene I? How is Petruchio’s behavior characterized?
3. What do Petruchio and Katharina argue about during their travels in Act IV, Scene V?
4. How does Tranio convince the Pedant to agree to his disguise in Act IV, Scene IV?
5. How do Hortensio’s objectives change in Act IV, Scene II? Why?
6. How does Baptista respond to Petruchio’s appearance in Act III, Scene II? Why?
7. What does Petruchio announce after the wedding in Act III, Scene II?
8. How does Lucentio go about revealing his identity in Act III, Scene I? How does Bianca respond?
9. How does Petruchio appear when he arrives at the wedding in Act III, Scene II? Why?
10. Characterize the relationship between Katharina and Petruchio in the narrative. How is their relationship commonly approached in performance?
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