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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 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) Gremio
(c) Baptista
(d) Cambio

2. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Before an alehouse
(b) A street in Mantua
(c) A room in Lucentio’s house
(d) Before Baptista’s house

3. What does the Tailor bring in for Petruchio to view in Act IV, Scene III?
(a) A blouse
(b) A coat
(c) A dress
(d) A robe

4. Who does Lucentio say AEacides was in Act III, Scene I?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Ajax
(c) Athena
(d) Ares

5. Where does the Pedant claim to be from in Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Lombardy
(b) Mantua
(c) Venice
(d) Messaline

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says of Petruchio and Katharina in Act III, Scene II, “Of all mad matches never was the like”?

2. Biondello claims that a Pedant or what is coming down the hill in Act IV, Scene II?

3. Whom is the Pedant disguised as in Act IV Scene IV?

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

5. Katharina states in Act III, Scene II, “I must, forsooth, be forced / To give my hand opposed against my heart / Unto a mad-brain rudesby full of” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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. Where do Petruchio and Katharina arrive in Act IV, Scene I? How is Petruchio’s behavior characterized?

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

10. How does Katharina respond to Petruchio’s delay at the wedding in Act III, Scene II?

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