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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to a stout fabric of cotton and flax?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Bianca’s line “celsa senis” from Act III, Scene I translates to what in English?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Petruchio win his argument in Act IV, Scene V?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Tranio convince the Pedant to agree to his disguise in Act IV, Scene IV?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of disguise in the play. How many characters have decided to assume disguises in Act I? Why does Lucentio choose to disguise himself to Baptista’s household? Why does Hortensio?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Katharina and Bianca in the play. How old are these sisters? How do their relationships with their father differ? How does Shakespeare effectively use contrast in illustrating Katharina and Bianca?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Katharina’s mindset in the beginning of Act III, Scene II. Why is Katharina upset? Whom does Katharina blame for her humiliation? Why? How do the other characters respond to the situation?

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