View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?
(a) With sorrow, I must ask you to leave
(b) With all my heart, I’m glad to see you
(c) With great regret, I inform you he is not home
(d) With great joy do I wed thee

5. The Lord claims he would not lose his hunting hound for how much money in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) 100 pounds
(b) Sixpence
(c) 50 pounds
(d) 20 pounds

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?

3. Act I, Scene II takes place before whose house?

4. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 254 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample