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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Lucentio send to fetch his wife in Act V, Scene II?
(a) Biondello
(b) Grumio
(c) Gremio
(d) Curtis

2. After Petruchio and Katharina exit in Act III, Scene II, Baptista says, “Nay, let them go, a couple of” what?
(a) Mad ones
(b) Quiet ones
(c) Dainty souls
(d) Quarrelsome souls

3. What word does Katharina use in Act II, Scene I meaning a conceited, foolish dandy?
(a) Artisan
(b) Charlatan
(c) Harlequin
(d) Coxcomb

4. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Sirrah
(b) Baccare
(c) Alas
(d) Ho

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 nightingale
(b) A raven
(c) A finch
(d) A canary

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Vincentio claims that Tranio is a sail maker from where in Act V, Scene I?

3. What word used in Act V, Scene I refers to an old person exhibiting a decline in mental faculties?

4. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?

5. What word from Act V, Scene II means showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve?

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