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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 does Petruchio claim “now is sharp and passing empty” in Act IV, Scene I?
(a) My raven
(b) My falcon
(c) My wolf
(d) My chantry

2. In one of Petruchio’s famous lines in Act IV, Scene I, he states, “This is a way to kill a wife with” what?
(a) Chivalry
(b) Kindness
(c) Chantry
(d) Clamor

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

4. The following lines of Hortensio’s in Act III, Scene I are an example of what literary technique? “How fiery and forward our Pedant is! / Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love: / Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet.”
(a) Subtext
(b) Aside
(c) Soliloquy
(d) Interrogation

5. What is the setting for Act III, Scene II?
(a) Before Baptista’s house
(b) Lucentio’s house
(c) Petruchio’s country house
(d) A street in Padua

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene II?

2. What word from Act IV, Scene I refers to wrath or irritability?

3. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as worn in the 16th and 17th centuries?

4. Who says of Petruchio and Katharina in Act III, Scene II, “Of all mad matches never was the like”?

5. What does the Haberdasher bring in for Petruchio to view in Act IV, Scene III?

Short Essay Questions

1. Characterize the relationship between Katharina and Petruchio in the narrative. How is their relationship commonly approached in performance?

2. What does Gremio reveal of the wedding in Act III, Scene II?

3. Where do Petruchio and Katharina arrive in Act IV, Scene I? How is Petruchio’s behavior characterized?

4. How does Baptista respond to Petruchio’s appearance in Act III, Scene II? Why?

5. How does Petruchio treat Katharina differently than the other characters in the play?

6. How does Petruchio win his argument in Act IV, Scene V?

7. What happens when the Haberdasher and Tailor arrive at Petruchio’s house in Act IV, Scene III?

8. What do Petruchio and Katharina argue about during their travels in Act IV, Scene V?

9. How do Hortensio’s objectives change in Act IV, Scene II? Why?

10. What does Petruchio announce after the wedding in Act III, Scene II?

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