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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Her legs
(b) Her cat
(c) Her dog
(d) Her hands

2. In Act II, Scene I, what does Petruchio say “are for winds, / That shake not, though they blow perpetually”?
(a) Mountains
(b) Buildings
(c) Trees
(d) Flowers

3. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) The Vikings
(b) Richard Conqueror
(c) Zeus
(d) Hannibal

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

5. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to a stout fabric of cotton and flax?
(a) Fustian
(b) Chantry
(c) Flax
(d) Nylon

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tranio claim is the master of “the taming-school” in Act IV, Scene II?

2. Upon entering in Act III, Scene II, Petruchio remarks of Katharina, “To me she's married, not unto my” what?

3. The Lord’s page tells Christopher Sly that the play he is about to watch is a kind of what in Scene II of the Induction?

4. What is the setting of Act IV, Scene I?

5. Who speaks the following lines in Act IV, Scene I: “Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and / all foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? was ever / man so rayed?”

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