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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 15
(d) 20

2. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?
(a) Before Baptista’s house
(b) Before an alehouse
(c) Before Hortensio’s house
(d) A room in Petruchio’s house

3. What gift does Tranio (in disguise) bestow upon Baptista in Act II, Scene I?
(a) A wooden serving tray
(b) His coat of arms
(c) Greek and Latin books
(d) A ring

4. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?
(a) A canary
(b) A raven
(c) A nightingale
(d) A finch

5. Whom does “the shrew” refer to in the play?
(a) Katharina
(b) Olivia
(c) Viola
(d) Bianca

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?

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

4. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say she be mute and will not speak a word; / Then I'll commend her” what?

5. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?

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