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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Christopher Sly claim to hail from in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Burtonheath
(b) Messaline
(c) Mantua
(d) Venice

2. The Lord orders his page to disguise himself as what in the play’s Induction?
(a) A lady
(b) A priest
(c) A knight
(d) A merchant

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

4. Petruchio claims his father was known throughout which country in Act II, Scene I?
(a) England
(b) Italy
(c) France
(d) Argentina

5. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?
(a) His head
(b) His arm
(c) His leg
(d) His wrist

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?

2. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?

3. Petruchio introduces Hortensio, disguised as a schoolmaster, and tells Baptista that he is from where in Act II, Scene I?

4. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?

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

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