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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 great regret, I inform you he is not home
(c) With all my heart, I’m glad to see you
(d) With great joy do I wed thee

2. 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) Foolish knave
(b) Fair gentleman
(c) Half lunatic
(d) Coxcomb

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

4. 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 champagne
(c) A glass of mead
(d) A cup of sack

5. What is the setting for Act III, Scene II?
(a) A street in Padua
(b) Before Baptista’s house
(c) Petruchio’s country house
(d) Lucentio’s house

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?

2. What is the setting for Act III, Scene I?

3. What does Bianca’s line from Act III, Scene I, “hic est Sigeia tellus,” translate to in English?

4. Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “And where two raging fires meet together, / They do consume the thing that feeds” what?

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

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