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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. 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 Phoenix
(b) The Elephant
(c) The Black Bear
(d) The Pegasus

2. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to wrath or irritability?
(a) Choler
(b) Hyperbolical
(c) Chantry
(d) Loutish

3. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing a pair of boots that have been what in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Candle-cases
(b) Tissue boxes
(c) Laundry boards
(d) Shop stools

4. Bianca’s line “celsa senis” from Act III, Scene I translates to what in English?
(a) Despair not
(b) Please leave
(c) Presume not
(d) I love you

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks the following line in Act III, Scene II: “Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work”?

2. Grumio tells Petruchio in Act IV, Scene I that there “was no link to color” whose hat?

3. Biondello tells Lucentio that the old priest from what church is at his command at all hours in Act IV, Scene IV?

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

5. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a movable article of personal property?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Whom do Petruchio and Katharina encounter along their travels in Act IV, Scene V?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Petruchio announce after the wedding in Act III, Scene II?

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