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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grumio say “have eaten the horses” in Act III, Scene II?
(a) The mulberry
(b) The masters
(c) Thine goats
(d) The oats

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

3. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) The Vikings
(b) Hannibal
(c) Richard Conqueror
(d) Zeus

4. The Lord claims he would not lose his hunting hound for how much money in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Sixpence
(b) 100 pounds
(c) 20 pounds
(d) 50 pounds

5. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?
(a) A nun
(b) A music teacher
(c) A lady-in-waiting
(d) A priest

Short Answer Questions

1. Tranio (in disguise) claims to be from where in Act II, Scene I?

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

3. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing an old rusty sword taken from where in Act III, Scene II?

4. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to an ecclesiastic representing the pope or a bishop?

5. Whom does “the shrew” refer to in the play?

(see the answer key)

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