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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hortensio reenters in Act II, Scene I, what is described about his body as being “broke”?
(a) His arm
(b) His leg
(c) His head
(d) His wrist

2. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Aegina
(b) Charmidia
(c) Laertia
(d) Xanthippe

3. 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?
(a) Scotch
(b) Ale
(c) Wine
(d) Mead

4. What does Baptista claim have ears in Act IV, Scene IV?
(a) Insects
(b) Pitchers
(c) Walls
(d) Trees

5. Katharina claims she is giddy for lack of what in Act IV, Scene III?
(a) Talk
(b) Love
(c) Water
(d) Sleep

Short Answer Questions

1. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?

2. Who exits with Petruchio and Katharina in Act III, Scene II?

3. Who does Lucentio say AEacides was in Act III, Scene I?

4. Christopher Sly claims that the Slys are no rogues and that they came in with whom in Scene I of the Induction?

5. In one of Petruchio’s famous lines in Act IV, Scene I, he states, “This is a way to kill a wife with” what?

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