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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of Petruchio’s famous lines in Act IV, Scene I, he states, “This is a way to kill a wife with” what?
(a) Chantry
(b) Kindness
(c) Clamor
(d) Chivalry

2. What does Katharina say a woman may be made “if she had not a spirit to resist” in Act III, Scene II?
(a) A fool
(b) A monster
(c) A wife
(d) A child

3. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a rich sweet wine made from muscat grapes?
(a) Musciola
(b) Muscatine
(c) Muscine
(d) Muscadel

4. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Thursday
(b) Saturday
(c) Monday
(d) Sunday

5. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene III?
(a) Lucentio’s house
(b) Before Baptista’s house
(c) A room in Baptista’s house
(d) A room in Petruchio’s house

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Petruchio uses what adjective meaning “pretty” to describe his bride in Act III, Scene II?

3. Katharina states in Act III, Scene II, “I must, forsooth, be forced / To give my hand opposed against my heart / Unto a mad-brain rudesby full of” what?

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

5. Who speaks the following lines in Act IV, Scene I: “Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and / all foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? was ever / man so rayed?”

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