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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Ale
(b) Mead
(c) Scotch
(d) Wine

2. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?
(a) Gremio
(b) Tranio
(c) Curtis
(d) Bartholomew

3. Katharina says in Act II, Scene I, “If I be waspish, best beware” what?
(a) My words
(b) My face
(c) Mine eyes
(d) My sting

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

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

6. Petruchio tells Baptista that he and Katharina will wed on which day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Thursday
(d) Saturday

7. Petruchio states of Katharina in Act II, Scene I, “If she be curst, it is for policy, / For she's not froward, but modest as” what?
(a) The sea
(b) The dove
(c) The rose
(d) The stream

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

9. What is Lucentio’s destination when he stops for a brief visit in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Lombardy
(b) Messaline
(c) Burtonheath
(d) Mantua

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

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

12. Gremio claims that his scholar in Act II, Scene I “hath been long studying” where?
(a) Venice
(b) Messaline
(c) Rheims
(d) Paris

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

14. 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 sorrow, I must ask you to leave
(d) With great regret, I inform you he is not home

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?

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

3. What word from Scene I of the Induction refers to a service room in which barrels or bottles of alcoholic drink were stored?

4. What does Lucentio decide to disguise himself as in order to be close to Bianca in Act I, Scene I?

5. The Lord orders his page to disguise himself as what in the play’s Induction?

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