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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?
(a) Piano keys
(b) Violins
(c) Lutes
(d) Written words

2. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?
(a) Their fate
(b) Their love
(c) Their fury
(d) Their glory

3. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say she be mute and will not speak a word; / Then I'll commend her” what?
(a) Volubility
(b) Silence
(c) Modesty
(d) Beauty

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

5. What is the name of Petruchio’s recently deceased father in the play?
(a) Antonio
(b) Orsino
(c) Lord Oberly
(d) Baptista

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?

2. What does the Hostess demand that Christopher Sly pay for after having broken them in Scene I of the Induction?

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

4. Christopher Sly claims that his present occupation is that of what in Scene II of the Induction?

5. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?

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