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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Petruchio introduces Hortensio, disguised as a schoolmaster, and tells Baptista that he is from where in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Messaline
(b) Pisa
(c) Mantua
(d) Verona

2. What semi-legendary Roman figure does Petruchio compare Katharina to in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Lucrece
(b) Plato
(c) Aristotle
(d) Socrates

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

4. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Baccare
(b) Sirrah
(c) Alas
(d) Ho

5. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?
(a) A gentleman
(b) A nun
(c) A soldier
(d) A rogue

Short Answer Questions

1. Gremio claims that his scholar in Act II, Scene I “hath been long studying” where?

2. What does the Hostess demand that Christopher Sly pay for after having broken them in Scene I of the Induction?

3. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?

4. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?

5. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?

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