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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the setting of Act IV, Scene I?
2. What does Baptista claim have ears in Act IV, Scene IV?
3. After Petruchio and Katharina exit in Act III, Scene II, Baptista says, “Nay, let them go, a couple of” what?
4. What is the setting for Act IV, Scene II?
5. A Servant enters and bids Bianca to help dress what room in the end of Act III, Scene I?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Petruchio treat Katharina differently than the other characters in the play?
2. Whom do Petruchio and Katharina encounter along their travels in Act IV, Scene V?
3. Why is Bianca sought after by so many suitors in the play? How does Bianca’s characterization relate to Katharina’s?
4. How does Petruchio appear when he arrives at the wedding in Act III, Scene II? Why?
5. What schemes do Tranio and Lucentio reveal in Act III, Scene II?
6. How would you characterize the Pedant in Act IV?
7. Characterize the relationship between Katharina and Petruchio in the narrative. How is their relationship commonly approached in performance?
8. How does Baptista respond to Petruchio’s appearance in Act III, Scene II? Why?
9. How does Katharina respond to Petruchio’s delay at the wedding in Act III, Scene II?
10. How is the character of Grumio characterized in the play? What is Grumio’s relationship to language?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the purpose of the Induction in The Taming of the Shrew. What have critics written about the play’s Induction? How does the Induction relate to the subject and themes presented in the main storyline? Why does Shakespeare not return to Christopher Sly’s story?
Essay Topic 2
Define and discuss “asides” in literature and drama. What is the purpose of an aside? How do asides differ from soliloquies? What are examples of asides used in The Taming of the Shrew? How do these examples serve the play?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the importance of dowers and dowries in the marriage contracts of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe. How accurate is Shakespeare’s depiction in the play? What is the dowry agreed upon for Katharina? How much does Petruchio offer as a dower?
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