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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of Petruchio’s recently deceased father in the play?
(a) Baptista
(b) Orsino
(c) Lord Oberly
(d) Antonio
2. What is the setting for Act II?
(a) A bedchamber in the Lord's house
(b) Before Lucentia’s house
(c) Petruchio’s country house
(d) A room in Baptista’s house
3. Gremio claims that his scholar in Act II, Scene I “hath been long studying” where?
(a) Messaline
(b) Rheims
(c) Paris
(d) Venice
4. Where does Christopher Sly claim to hail from in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Mantua
(b) Burtonheath
(c) Venice
(d) Messaline
5. Who is the “the fat ale-wife of Wincot” that Christopher Sly mentions in Scene II of the Induction?
(a) Marian Hacket
(b) Katharina
(c) Bianca
(d) Madonna
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. From where is Lucentio traveling in Act I, Scene I?
3. The Lord claims he would not lose his hunting hound for how much money in Scene I of the Induction?
4. In Act II, Scene I, Petruchio says of Katharina, “She is not hot, but temperate as” what?
5. What is Baptista’s last name in the play?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where are Lucentio and Tranio traveling in Act I, Scene I? What conversation do they overhear in this scene?
2. What characters (in disguise) are introduced in Act I, Scene II?
3. How does the character of Petruchio feel about social conventions?
4. How is Katharina’s character established as “shrewish” in Act II?
5. What takes place during Katharina and Petruchio’s first meeting in Act II, Scene I?
6. What matter of business does Baptista attend to after agreeing to Katharina’s marriage in Act II?
7. What is an “induction”? What is the subject of the Induction in The Taming of the Shrew?
8. What possible causes are illustrated for Katharina’s personality traits in Act II?
9. What can be discerned about Baptista’s daughters from the conversation in Act I, Scene I?
10. How does Petruchio respond to Baptista’s stipulations in Act II, Scene I?
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