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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?
(a) Appurtenances
(b) Predestinations
(c) Ordinances
(d) Carry-alongs

2. What does Hortensio disguise himself as in order to move in on Bianca in Act I, Scene II?
(a) A nun
(b) A music teacher
(c) A priest
(d) A lady-in-waiting

3. What is Katharina’s response when Petruchio asks her in Act II, Scene I, “Why, what’s a moveable?”
(a) Art thou not
(b) You are, sir
(c) Thy father
(d) A join’d-stool

4. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
(a) Fair gentleman
(b) Coxcomb
(c) Half lunatic
(d) Foolish knave

5. By what saint does Petruchio swear in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Saint George
(b) Saint Peter
(c) Saint James
(d) Saint Michael

Short Answer Questions

1. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?

2. In Act II, Scene I, Petruchio says of Katharina, “She is not hot, but temperate as” what?

3. How many “vile terms” does Hortensio say Katharina called him in Act II, Scene I?

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

5. What is Katharina’s response to Petruchio’s line, “Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour”?

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