The Taming of the Shrew Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Taming of the Shrew Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Elizabethan interjection does Gremio exclaim in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Ho
(b) Sirrah
(c) Baccare
(d) Alas

3. When discussing Katharina’s dowry in Act II, Scene I, Baptista states that he who weds his daughter will receive upon his death half of all his land and how many crowns?
(a) 10,000
(b) 100,000
(c) 20,000
(d) 50,000

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

5. Petruchio claims to be a gentleman from where when he introduces himself in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Verona
(b) Messaline
(c) Mantua
(d) Burtonheath

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

7. Speaking of Katharina, Hortensio says in Act II, Scene I, “Iron may hold with her, but never” what?
(a) Lutes
(b) Piano keys
(c) Violins
(d) Written words

8. Whom does Lucentio tell that he has killed a man and is taking on a disguise to protect himself in Act I, Scene I?
(a) Grumio
(b) Hortensio
(c) Biondello
(d) Curtis

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

10. When Baptista asks Hortensio if his daughter will prove a good musician in Act II, Scene I, Hortensio replies that “she’ll sooner prove” what?
(a) A soldier
(b) A gentleman
(c) A rogue
(d) A nun

11. Where does Petruchio tell Katharina he will go to buy attire for their wedding day in Act II, Scene I?
(a) Paris
(b) Venice
(c) Verona
(d) Mantua

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

13. 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) Wine
(b) Mead
(c) Scotch
(d) Ale

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Petruchio introduce Hortensio (in disguise) in Act II?

2. For how many years do the Servants tell Christopher Sly he has been living in a dream in Scene II of the Induction?

3. What is the name of the Lord’s page in the Induction?

4. Tranio (in disguise) claims to come and make himself suitor to whom in Act II, Scene I?

5. What wife of Socrates does Petruchio mention in Act I, Scene II?

(see the answer keys)

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