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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?
(a) Ordinances
(b) Carry-alongs
(c) Appurtenances
(d) Predestinations

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

3. Petruchio complains that the meat for dinner is what in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Burned
(b) Too cold
(c) Rotten
(d) Undercooked

4. Vincentio claims that Tranio is a sail maker from where in Act V, Scene I?
(a) Venice
(b) Bergamo
(c) Pisa
(d) Messaline

5. What does Petruchio’s line “Con tutto il cuore, ben trovato” translate to in English?
(a) With great joy do I wed thee
(b) With all my heart, I’m glad to see you
(c) With great regret, I inform you he is not home
(d) With sorrow, I must ask you to leave

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petruchio demand of Katharina before they join the others inside the house in Act V, Scene I?

2. What word from Act V, Scene II means contemptible or base?

3. Bianca’s line “celsa senis” from Act III, Scene I translates to what in English?

4. Petruchio arrives to visit whom in Act I, Scene II?

5. Whom does Baptista tell to take the bridegroom’s place at the dinner table at the end of Act III?

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