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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 does Hortensio’s wife send when she is bid to come to him in Act V, Scene II?
(a) She is cooking dinner
(b) She is ill
(c) She is on her way
(d) She bids him to come to her

2. Tranio orders the Officer to carry Vincentio where in Act V, Scene I?
(a) The nunnery
(b) The gaol
(c) The church
(d) The hospital

3. Katharina claims in Act V, Scene II, “I am ashamed that women are so simple / To offer war where they should” do what?
(a) Weep alone
(b) Beg forgiveness
(c) Kneel for peace
(d) Stand for pride

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

5. What does Petruchio tell Katharina do take off and throw “under-foot” in Act V, Scene II?
(a) Her hat
(b) Her gloves
(c) Her wedding ring
(d) Her purse

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as worn in the 16th and 17th centuries?

2. Whom does Tranio say “slipp'd me like his greyhound” in Act V, Scene II?

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

4. From where is Lucentio traveling in Act I, Scene I?

5. Where does Baptista invite his guests to take a walk before dinner in Act II, Scene I?

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