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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Widow states in Act V, Scene II, “He that is giddy thinks the world” does what?
(a) Sings lullabies
(b) Turns clockwise
(c) Dances at night
(d) Turns round

2. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to a stout fabric of cotton and flax?
(a) Flax
(b) Nylon
(c) Fustian
(d) Chantry

3. How much money does Baptista add to the losses after the bet in Act V, Scene II?
(a) 5,000 crowns
(b) 20,000 crowns
(c) 10,000 crowns
(d) 30,000 crowns

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Petruchio uses what adjective meaning “pretty” to describe his bride in Act III, Scene II?

2. What word from Scene I of the Induction refers to a service room in which barrels or bottles of alcoholic drink were stored?

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

4. Vincentio claims that Tranio is a sail maker from where in Act V, Scene I?

5. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?

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