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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. After Petruchio and Katharina exit in Act III, Scene II, Baptista says, “Nay, let them go, a couple of” what?
(a) Dainty souls
(b) Quiet ones
(c) Quarrelsome souls
(d) Mad ones

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

3. 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) Gremio
(d) Grumio

4. According to Curtis in Act IV, Scene I, Petruchio lectures Katharina on what in their bridal chamber?
(a) Continency
(b) Her education
(c) Her father
(d) Politics

5. Katharina tells Petruchio in Act III, Scene II, “You may be jogging whiles your boots are” what?
(a) Green
(b) Broken in
(c) Harnessed
(d) New

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Act III, Scene II refers to a rich sweet wine made from muscat grapes?

2. Hortensio claims that he will marry a wealthy widow before how many days pass in Act IV, Scene II?

3. Biondello tells Baptista that Petruchio is wearing a pair of boots that have been what in Act III, Scene II?

4. The Pedant tells Baptista that he has come to Padua for what reason in Act IV Scene IV?

5. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the character of Grumio characterized in the play? What is Grumio’s relationship to language?

3. How does Tranio convince the Pedant to agree to his disguise in Act IV, Scene IV?

4. How is Petruchio and Katharina’s retirement to the bedchamber described in Act IV, Scene I?

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

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

7. How does Petruchio appear when he arrives at the wedding in Act III, Scene II? Why?

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

9. How would you characterize the Pedant in Act IV?

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

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