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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Taming of the Shrew is aromancefablecomedy
- 2. Multiple Choice
What metaphor does Petruchio use to describe Kate at the end of Act 4 Scene 1: "My falcon now is sharp and passing empty; and till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, for then she never looks upon her lure."
an owl
a falcon
a shrew
a snake
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does Lucentio's father assume that Traino has done when he sees him, not his son?
That Lucentio has given up on his dream of studying philosophy
that Lucentio has gotten married
that Traino has killed, has stolen, and is pretending to be Lucentio
that Traino has smothered Lucentio with his love and forced to run back home
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which suitor resigns his attempts to court Bianca and sees past her facade?
Gremio
Hortensio
Lucentio
Tranio
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best explain what a shrew is in Shakespeare’s eraa woman who complains a lota woman who isn't subservient to mena woman who wants too many thingsa woman with a drinking problem
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does Kate mean when she says. "a woman moved is like a fountain troubled, muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty" ?
A woman should be dumb and uneducated
A woman should be strong enough to move a fountain but quiet like water
A woman should flow her words like a fountain because everyone wants to hear her talk
A woman should remain calm and pleasing so she can please her husband and have a happy life
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is true about Bianca and Lucentio's relationship?
Their relationship is the strongest because each partner tortured the other
Their relationship is the strongest because they learned so much from each other
Their relationship is the weakest because they are only in love with the facades they have created
Their relationship is the weakest because they began courting each other in the shortest amount of time
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho wins the wager at the play’s end?LucentioTranioPetruchioHortensio
- 9. Multiple ChoiceIn what way does Petruchio assert his dominance over Kate on the road to Bianca and Lucentio’s wedding feast?He calls the sun the moon and will keep Kate from going to the feast if she doesn’t agree.He rides a horse and makes Kate walk.He calls Grumio a young maiden and will keep Kate from going to a feast if she doesn’t agree.He refuses to let her wear the comfortable new shoes the tailor made for her.
- 10. Multiple Choice
All of the following EXCEPT support the claim that Petruchio believes men should have more power than women:
"Rescue thy mistress, if thou be a man"
"I will be the master of what is mine own"
"She is my goods, my chattels, she is my house"
"touch her whoever dare; / I'll bring mine action on the proudest"
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is meant when Gremio says, "...Petruchio is Kated"
Petruchio was tricked into marrying Kate
Petruchio is madly in love with Kate
Petruchio and Kate have now become one
Petruchio is now stuck with Kate and will suffer in the marriage
- 12. Multiple Choice
What do the following lines mean: Then God be blest, it [is] the blessed sun. / But sun it is not, when you say it is not, / And the moon changes even as your mind. / What you will have it named, even that it is, / And so it shall be so for Katherine."
It is not the sun that is shining. You change your mind so much, so I will not agree with you.
It is the sun when you say it is, but if you think it is the moon then you are wrong. I will not agree with you because you do not make sense.
It is not the sun when you say it is not the sun, and the moon changes to what you believe it is. Whatever you say is what I will believe.
I will not agree with you no matter what you want me to believe.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who is Lucentio disguised as for the majority of the play?
No one, he's himself
Cambio
Gremio
Tranio
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why does Petruchio marry Kate?
He likes a challenge
He fell in love with Kate at first sight
He wanted her family's money
His parents arranged the marriage
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is Kate's relationship with Bianca?
Kate torments Bianca constantly
They have a sweet friendship
Bianca torments Kate constantly
They don't meet eachother in the play
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who is Lucentio talking about when he says, "Oh yes, I saw the sweet beauty in her face, such as the daughter of Agenor had" (I.i.162-163)?
Sly
Kate
Biondello
Bianca
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which pair of characters start the Induction?
Gremio, Hortensio
Widow, Mechant
Sly, Hostess
Tailor, Habadasher
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who is Bianca's music tutor?
Hortensio
Gremio
Lucentio
Grumio
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who is the father of Kate and Bianca
Gremio
Baptista
Tranio
Phillip
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is the main topic of Taming of the Shrew?
Gender Roles
Education
Family
True Love
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho is Hortensio's new love interest?A wealthy widow who has loved him for a long time.Katherine.Bianca.Another beautiful young woman in Padue.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What story do Tranio and Lucentio tell to the old man?
That he is in danger because anyone from Mantua caught in Padua is to be killed.
He is in danger because he is wanted for a crime he committed in Padua.
He is in danger because the police are looking for him because of a crime he committed in Mantua.
He has been mad for 15 years and used to be a lord. His wife wants to see him immediately.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Whom do Petruchio and Kate meet on the way to Baptista’s house?
Baptista
The real Vincentio
Christopher Sly
None of the above
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the drunkard around whom the induction scenes are built?Christopher FoxChristopher SlyLordBartholomew
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is dramatic irony?
When you say one thing, but mean another.
A deliberate play on words.
When a character speaks directly to the audience to make them aware of what is going on.
A device which allows an audience or a reader to know something that a character is not aware of.
- 26. Multiple Choice
This device is often used to show the secret, inner thoughts of a character
monologue
pun
aside
irony
- 27. Multiple Choice
This term is used to describe a speech given by a character alone onstage.
monologue
soliloquy
aside
pun
- 28. Multiple Choice
Because she transforms by the end of the play, Katherine is best described as a ... character.
static
dynamic
protagonist
antagonist
- 29. Multiple Choice
Suitors pursue her for her beauty and affability
Katherine
Bianca
Widow
Cordelia
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat must happen before Baptista will let Bianca marry?He needs a large dowryHe must have the fastest horse in PaduaHe must find her a schoolmasterHe must marry off Katharina
- 31. Multiple Choice
Why does Lucentio come to Padua?
A. He is travelling the world on the wealth of his recently deceased father.
B. He has come to study at the University.
C. He has come to find a wife.
D. Both a and C
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Petruchio’s objective as explained in these original lines of text from Taming of the Shrew?
And therefore, if thou know One rich enough to be Petruchio’s wife, As wealth is burden of my wooing dance, Be she as foul as was Florentius' love, As old as Sibyl and as curst and shrewd As Socrates' Xanthippe, or a worse, She moves me not, or not removes at least Affection’s edge in me, were she as rough As are the swelling Adriatic seas. I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; If wealthily, then happily in Padua.He is interested in marrying a beautiful girl.He is interested in marrying a quiet and gentle woman.He is not interested in getting married at all.He is interested in marrying only for wealth. - 33. Multiple ChoiceWhen Lucentio says “Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perish, Tranio, If I achieve not this young modest girl,” who is he “burning” for?The widowBiancaTranioKatharine
- 34. Multiple Choice
Lucentio
Disguised as Cambio, a tutor of languages
Disguised as his master Lucentio
Disguised as Litio, a tutor of math and music
Bianca's father
- 35. Multiple Choice
Tranio
Disguised as Cambio, a tutor of languages
Disguised as his master Lucentio
Disguised as Litio, a tutor of math and music
Kate's father
- 36. Multiple Choice
Hortensio
Disguised as Litio, a tutor of math and music
Disguised as Cambio, a tutor of languages
Disguised as his master Lucentio
Kate's brother
- 37. Multiple Choice
Bianca
Promised to "Lucentio"
Promised to Petruchio
Baptista's wife
Tranio's sister
- 38. Multiple Choice
Kate
Promised to Petruchio
Promised to "Lucentio"
Baptista's sister
Petruchio's mom
- 39. Multiple Choice
Who does Baptista favor?
His wife
His youngest daughter
His oldest daughter
His son
- 40. Multiple Choice
Petruchio
wins the bet
marries a widow
falls in love with Bianca
Kate and Bianca's father
- 41. Multiple Choice
Gremio
Old man that wanted to marry Bianca
marries a widow
Young and rich
Lucentio's father
- 42. Multiple Choice
What is Kate's speech about?
lust
love
wifely duties
a mother's responsibility
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