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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. Who speaks the following line in Act III, Scene II: “Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work”?
(a) Hortensio
(b) Grumio
(c) Baptista
(d) Gremio

2. Whom does Baptista tell to take the bridegroom’s place at the dinner table at the end of Act III?
(a) Grumio
(b) Gremio
(c) Hortensio
(d) Lucentio

3. What word from Act III, Scene II means to rule arbitrarily or despotically?
(a) Arraign
(b) Domineer
(c) Incriminate
(d) Dispose

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

5. What term from Act III, Scene II refers to an ecclesiastic representing the pope or a bishop?
(a) Vicar
(b) Coxcomb
(c) Chantry
(d) Monk

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Curtis in Act IV, Scene I, Petruchio lectures Katharina on what in their bridal chamber?

2. Petruchio complains that the meat for dinner is what in Act IV, Scene I?

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

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

5. Who does Tranio claim is the master of “the taming-school” in Act IV, Scene II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom do Petruchio and Katharina encounter along their travels in Act IV, Scene V?

3. How is the theme of appearance and reality illustrated in Act III?

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

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

6. Why is Bianca sought after by so many suitors in the play? How does Bianca’s characterization relate to Katharina’s?

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

8. How does Petruchio describe his treatment of his bride in the end of Act IV, Scene I?

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

10. What disagreement takes place about the time of day in Act IV, Scene III?

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