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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. When Petruchio and company enter after the wedding in Act III, Scene II, Petruchio claims that he must leave before when?
(a) Nightfall
(b) The morning
(c) Noon
(d) Midnight

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

3. 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) Boggin
(b) Coverlet
(c) Doublet
(d) Jerkin

4. What does Grumio say “have eaten the horses” in Act III, Scene II?
(a) The oats
(b) The mulberry
(c) Thine goats
(d) The masters

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Haberdasher bring in for Petruchio to view in Act IV, Scene III?

3. Whose pumps were all “unpink’d I’ the heel” according to Grumio in Act IV, Scene I?

4. What did Petruchio throw “all in the sexton’s face” at the wedding, according to Gremio in Act III, Scene II?

5. What word from Act III, Scene II means to rule arbitrarily or despotically?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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