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- 1. Multiple Choice
From the time Petruchio meets Baptista Minola until the day of the wedding, how much time passes?
About 1 week
About 2 weeks
About 3 weeks
About 4 weeks
- 2. Multiple Choice
How does Petruchio show up on his wedding day?
In a wagon, dressed all in black
On foot, dragging a mangy dog behind him
Dressed crazily and riding an old, run-down horse
With another woman
- 3. Multiple Choice
In preparation for the trip back to Padua, Petruchio ...
tells the servants to get the house ready.
asks Baptista for his dowry.
performs a soliloquy detailing his taming methods.
arranges for Kate to have new clothes.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Lucentio takes on the disguise of...
Cambio
Litio
Camo
Lito
- 5. Multiple Choice
Petruchio claims he will tame Kate by doing what?
Killing her with kindness
Starving her and by stopping her from sleeping
Contradicting everything she says
Treating her cruelly
- 6. Multiple Choice
The action of the play switches from Warwickshire to what city?
Pisa
Verona
Mantua
Padua
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does Lucentio disguise himself as?
A Latin tutor
A servant
A travelling musician
An artist
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does Petruchio do during the wedding ceremony?
He fights with Baptista.
He punches the priest.
He throws wine in Kate’s face.
He demands his dowry.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a theme in The Taming of the Shrew?
Appearance vs. reality
The battle of the sexes
The struggle between the classes
Abuse
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following men are in love with Bianca?
Hortensio, Gremio, Petruchio
Lucentio, Hortensio, Gremio
Lucentio, Hortensio, Grumio
Lucentio, Tranio, Hortensio
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is not true?
Bianca is from Padua
Hortensio is from Padua
Lucentio is from Florence
Petruchio is from Rome
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who says the following: “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua. / If wealthily, then happily in Padua.”
Hortensio
Lucentio
Petruchio
Tranio
- 13. Multiple Choice
Whom does Vincentio swear to seek revenge on?
Biondello
Hortensio
Lucentio
Tranio
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why does Kate bind Bianca’s hands?
Bianca mocked Kate over her shrewish behaviour
Bianca said that she will never get a husband
Kate wants to know which suitor Bianca prefers.
Bianca insulted her
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