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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Biondello tells Lucentio that the old priest from what church is at his command at all hours in Act IV, Scene IV?
(a) Saint Michael’s Church
(b) Saint Peter’s Church
(c) Saint Luke’s Church
(d) Saint Paul’s Church

2. Who does Lucentio say AEacides was in Act III, Scene I?
(a) Ares
(b) Ajax
(c) Athena
(d) Jupiter

3. Grumio tells Petruchio in Act IV, Scene I that there “was no link to color” whose hat?
(a) Walter’s
(b) Gabriel’s
(c) Nathaniel’s
(d) Peter’s

4. Katharina claims she is giddy for lack of what in Act IV, Scene III?
(a) Sleep
(b) Love
(c) Water
(d) Talk

5. The Pedant worries in Act IV, Scene IV that Baptista will recognize him because twenty years ago they were lodgers at what establishment in Genoa?
(a) The Phoenix
(b) The Elephant
(c) The Black Bear
(d) The Pegasus

6. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a rich sweet wine made from muscat grapes?
(a) Muscadel
(b) Muscatine
(c) Musciola
(d) Muscine

7. Petruchio tells the wedding guests in Act III, Scene II, “Be mad and merry, or go” what?
(a) Caterwaul in the woods
(b) Drink from the fountain
(c) Dance and sing
(d) Hang yourselves

8. Bianca’s line “celsa senis” from Act III, Scene I translates to what in English?
(a) I love you
(b) Presume not
(c) Please leave
(d) Despair not

9. What is the setting for Act III, Scene I?
(a) Baptista’s house
(b) Before Lucentio’s house
(c) Before Hortensio’s house
(d) Before an alehouse

10. What is the name of Petruchio’s spaniel he asks for in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) Romeo
(b) Bartholomew
(c) Troilus
(d) Mercutio

11. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to a stout fabric of cotton and flax?
(a) Fustian
(b) Flax
(c) Chantry
(d) Nylon

12. The Pedant claims to have bills for money by exchange from where in Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Florence
(b) Paris
(c) Burtonheath
(d) London

13. Biondello claims that a Pedant or what is coming down the hill in Act IV, Scene II?
(a) Mercatante
(b) Black knight
(c) Priest
(d) Lord Duncan

14. Who says after Petruchio and Katharina’s departure in Act III, Scene II, “Went they not quickly, I should die with laughing”?
(a) Baptista
(b) Bianca
(c) Grumio
(d) Gremio

15. Petruchio uses what adjective meaning “pretty” to describe his bride in Act III, Scene II?
(a) Bonny
(b) Loutish
(c) Lithe
(d) Vexing

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Act IV, Scene I?

2. What is Bianca’s reply in Act III, Scene II when asked, “Mistress, what's your opinion of your sister?”

3. A Servant enters and bids Bianca to help dress what room in the end of Act III, Scene I?

4. Katharina says in Act IV, Scene III, “The more my wrong, the more his spite appears: / What, did he marry me to” what?

5. What word does Petruchio speak in Act III, Scene II meaning to engage in drunken revel?

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