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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. Where does the Pedant claim to be from in Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Mantua
(b) Venice
(c) Messaline
(d) Lombardy
2. Who says of Petruchio and Katharina in Act III, Scene II, “Of all mad matches never was the like”?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Baptista
(c) Tranio
(d) Bianca
3. Grumio tells Petruchio in Act IV, Scene I that there “was no link to color” whose hat?
(a) Nathaniel’s
(b) Gabriel’s
(c) Walter’s
(d) Peter’s
4. What is the setting of Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Before Baptista’s house
(b) Petruchio’s country house
(c) A room in Baptista’s house
(d) Lucentio’s house
5. What does Curtis call Grumio in Act IV Scene I?
(a) Pox on humanity
(b) Three-inch fool
(c) Valorous rogue
(d) Toad-liver’d lout
Short Answer Questions
1. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing a pair of boots that have been what in Act III, Scene II?
2. What does Bianca’s line from Act III, Scene I, “hic est Sigeia tellus,” translate to in English?
3. Biondello claims that a Pedant or what is coming down the hill in Act IV, Scene II?
4. What is the name of Petruchio’s spaniel he asks for in Act IV, Scene I?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Petruchio announce after the wedding in Act III, Scene II?
2. What happens when the Haberdasher and Tailor arrive at Petruchio’s house in Act IV, Scene III?
3. How does Katharina respond to Petruchio’s delay at the wedding in Act III, Scene II?
4. Characterize the relationship between Katharina and Petruchio in the narrative. How is their relationship commonly approached in performance?
5. Whom do Petruchio and Katharina encounter along their travels in Act IV, Scene V?
6. What disagreement takes place about the time of day in Act IV, Scene III?
7. Where do Petruchio and Katharina arrive in Act IV, Scene I? How is Petruchio’s behavior characterized?
8. What do Petruchio and Katharina argue about during their travels in Act IV, Scene V?
9. What schemes do Tranio and Lucentio reveal in Act III, Scene II?
10. Why is Bianca sought after by so many suitors in the play? How does Bianca’s characterization relate to Katharina’s?
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