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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 raven
(d) The dove

5. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?
(a) Licio
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Tranio
(d) Grumio

6. What gift does Tranio (in disguise) bestow upon Baptista in Act II, Scene I?
(a) A wooden serving tray
(b) A ring
(c) Greek and Latin books
(d) His coat of arms

7. What does the Hostess demand that Christopher Sly pay for after having broken them in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Wine bottles
(b) Door frames
(c) Windows
(d) Glasses

8. What hound does the First Huntsman claim “twice to-day pick’d out the dullest scent” and is the better dog in Scene I of the Induction?
(a) Litio
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Belman
(d) Trumpet

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

10. Where does Christopher Sly claim to hail from in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Mantua
(b) Burtonheath
(c) Venice
(d) Messaline

11. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?
(a) Minalta
(b) Minola
(c) Lucretius
(d) Antola

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

13. From where is Lucentio traveling in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Venice
(b) Mantua
(c) Pisa
(d) Paris

14. 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) Modesty
(c) Volubility
(d) Silence

15. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?
(a) Xanthippe
(b) Aegina
(c) Charmidia
(d) Laertia

Short Answer Questions

1. How many “vile terms” does Hortensio say Katharina called him in Act II, Scene I?

2. 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?

3. What word from the stage directions in Scene II of the Induction refers to instruments or accessories?

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

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?

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