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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?
(a) Tranio
(b) Grumio
(c) Licio
(d) Bartholomew

2. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Burtonheath
(b) Mantua
(c) Verona
(d) Messaline

3. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?
(a) Dost thou find me sour? I’ll quench thy thirst
(b) Call me Katharina, fool, or thine eyes will shine
(c) It is my fashion, when I see a crab
(d) Sour as to lemons, wouldst thou have some

4. What word from Scene I of the Induction refers to a service room in which barrels or bottles of alcoholic drink were stored?
(a) Accoutrement
(b) Incendiary
(c) Attic
(d) Buttery

5. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Xanthippe
(b) Aegina
(c) Laertia
(d) Charmidia

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Christopher Sly claims to have “no more doublets than” what in Scene II of the Induction?

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

4. What gift does Tranio (in disguise) bestow upon Baptista in Act II, Scene I?

5. What does Katharina claim “are made to bear, and so are you” in Act II, Scene I?

(see the answer key)

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