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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
(a) A priest
(b) A musician
(c) A gentlewoman
(d) A schoolmaster

2. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?
(a) Gremio
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Tranio
(d) Curtis

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

4. When Christopher Sly awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction, what does he request a pot of from the servants?
(a) Scotch
(b) Wine
(c) Ale
(d) Mead

5. To whom is Lucentio speaking in the opening of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Tranio
(b) Orsino
(c) Baptista
(d) The Hostess

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?

2. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?

3. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?

4. The Lord’s page tells Christopher Sly that the play he is about to watch is a kind of what in Scene II of the Induction?

5. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?

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