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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 finch
(b) A canary
(c) A nightingale
(d) A raven

2. Act I, Scene I of The Taming of the Shrew is set in a public place in what city?
(a) Lombardy
(b) Padua
(c) Verona
(d) Venice

3. What does the First Servant offer to Christopher Sly after he awakens in the Lord’s bedchamber in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) A mimosa
(b) A glass of mead
(c) A cup of sack
(d) A glass of champagne

4. What is the setting for Act II?
(a) Before Lucentia’s house
(b) A room in Baptista’s house
(c) Petruchio’s country house
(d) A bedchamber in the Lord's house

5. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?
(a) Harlequin
(b) Charlatan
(c) Artisan
(d) Coxcomb

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?

4. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?

5. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?

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