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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bianca begs Katharina to unbind what in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Her legs
(b) Her dog
(c) Her hands
(d) Her cat

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

3. In Act II, Scene I, Petruchio says of Katharina, “She is not hot, but temperate as” what?
(a) The sea
(b) The morn
(c) The dove
(d) The raven

4. 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?
(a) Beauty
(b) Silence
(c) Volubility
(d) Modesty

5. What word from Act II, Scene I means leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal?
(a) Peremptory
(b) Obstinate
(c) Cautionary
(d) Incendiary

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

7. What is the name of Baptista’s eldest daughter in the play?
(a) Bianca
(b) Maria
(c) Katharina
(d) Juliet

8. The setting of Scene I of the Induction takes place where?
(a) Before Hortensio’s house
(b) Before an alehouse
(c) A room in Petruchio’s house
(d) Before Baptista’s house

9. With which servant does Petruchio enter in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Gremio
(b) Tranio
(c) Litio
(d) Grumio

10. The Lord claims he would not lose his hunting hound for how much money in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Sixpence
(b) 100 pounds
(c) 20 pounds
(d) 50 pounds

11. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?
(a) A priest
(b) A musician
(c) A gentlewoman
(d) A schoolmaster

12. By what name does Gremio introduce Lucentio (in disguise) in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Cambio
(b) Litio
(c) Petruchio
(d) Hortensio

13. Katharina tells her father in Act II, Scene I, “You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, / To wish me wed to one” what?
(a) Fair gentleman
(b) Coxcomb
(c) Foolish knave
(d) Half lunatic

14. Who does Tranio (in disguise) claim is his father in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Baptista
(c) Antonio
(d) Vincentio

15. What is the name of Baptista’s youngest daughter in the play?
(a) Viola
(b) Maria
(c) Katharina
(d) Bianca

Short Answer Questions

1. Petruchio introduces Hortensio, disguised as a schoolmaster, and tells Baptista that he is from where in Act II, Scene I?

2. 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?

3. What is Lucentio’s destination when he stops for a brief visit in Act I, Scene I?

4. Where does Petruchio tell Katharina he will go to buy attire for their wedding day in Act II, Scene I?

5. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?

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