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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom is Lucentio speaking in the opening of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Baptista
(b) The Hostess
(c) Orsino
(d) Tranio

2. What is the name of Petruchio’s spaniel he asks for in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Romeo
(b) Mercutio
(c) Troilus
(d) Bartholomew

3. 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?”
(a) Grumio
(b) Gremio
(c) Baptista
(d) Cambio

4. What instrument do the Players sound in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) A lute
(b) A piano
(c) A snare drum
(d) A trumpet

5. Speaking in soliloquy, Petruchio states in Act II, Scene I, “Say that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain / She sings as sweetly as” what?
(a) A raven
(b) A canary
(c) A nightingale
(d) A finch

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. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?

3. What does the Tailor bring in for Petruchio to view in Act IV, Scene III?

4. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?

5. Who speaks the following line in Act III, Scene II: “Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work”?

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