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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?
(a) Cautionary
(b) Incendiary
(c) Obstinate
(d) Peremptory

2. What word does Petruchio speak in Act III, Scene II meaning to engage in drunken revel?
(a) Incriminate
(b) Discriminate
(c) Carouse
(d) Compensate

3. In Act II, Scene I, Petruchio says of Katharina, “She is not hot, but temperate as” what?
(a) The sea
(b) The morn
(c) The raven
(d) The dove

4. By what saint does Petruchio swear in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Saint George
(b) Saint Peter
(c) Saint Michael
(d) Saint James

5. What is the name of Petruchio’s spaniel he asks for in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Troilus
(b) Mercutio
(c) Bartholomew
(d) Romeo

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene III?

3. A Servant enters and bids Bianca to help dress what room in the end of Act III, Scene I?

4. Whose coat does Grumio tell Petruchio was not fully made in Act IV, Scene I?

5. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?

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