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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Gremio
(b) Biondello
(c) Baptista
(d) Hortensio

2. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
(a) Foolish knave
(b) Fair gentleman
(c) Half lunatic
(d) Coxcomb

3. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Her hands
(b) Her dog
(c) Her cat
(d) Her legs

4. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?
(a) Lucretius
(b) Antola
(c) Minola
(d) Minalta

5. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?
(a) Artisan
(b) Coxcomb
(c) Harlequin
(d) Charlatan

Short Answer Questions

1. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?

2. What is Katharina’s response when Petruchio asks her in Act II, Scene I, “Why, what’s a moveable?”

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

4. By what saint does Petruchio swear in Act II, Scene I?

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

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