1: Which of the following is not a theme in The Taming of the Shrew?
a. The battle of the sexes
b. Appearance vs. reality
c. The struggle between the classes
d. Cruelty to animals
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2: Bartholomew, the page disguised as Sly’s wife, says she cannot sleep with Sly because
a. he is actually a boy
b. he has a headache
c. the Doctor has forbidden it so that Sly does not relapse
d. it is time to watch the play
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3: Which of the following men are in love with Bianca?
a. Lucentio, Hortensio, Grumio
b. Lucentio, Hortensio, Gremio
c. Lucentio, Tranio, Hortensio
d. Hortensio, Gremio, Petruchio
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4: Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Hortensio is from Padua
b. Petruchio is from Rome
c. Lucentio is from Florence
d. Bianca is from Padua
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5: The action of the play switches from Warwickshire to what city?
a. Mantua
b. Pisa
c. Padua
d. Verona
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6: What does Lucentio disguise himself as?
a. A traveling musician
b. An artist
c. A Latin tutor
d. A servant
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7: Why does Kate bind Bianca’s hands?
a. Bianca stole Kate’s ring.
b. Kate is in love with Gremio.
c. Bianca slapped Kate for beging too shrewish.
d. Kate wants to know which suitor Bianca prefers.
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8: Petruchio claims he will tame Kate by doing what?
a. Beating her
b. Contradicting everything she says
c. Locking her away
d. Kidnapping her
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9: How does Petruchio show up on his wedding day?
a. Dressed crazily and riding an old, run-down horse
b. In a wagon, dressed all in black
c. On foot, dragging a mangy dog behind him
d. With another woman
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10: Whom does Vincentio swear to seek revenge on?
a. Lucentio
b. Tranio
c. Biondello
d. Hortensio
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11: What does Petruchio do during the wedding ceremony?
a. He gives a monetary contribution to the church.
b. He throws wine in Kate’s face.
c. He punches the priest.
d. He brawls with Baptista.
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12: From the time Petruchio meets Baptista Minola until the day of the wedding, how much time passes?
a. About 3 weeks
b. About 3 months
c. About 1 year
d. About 1 week
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13: In preparation for the trip back to Padua, Petruchio
a. arranges for Kate to have new clothes
b. instructs his servants to prepare a wedding feast
c. goes hunting with his falcon
d. goes to the barn to saddle his horse
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14: Lucentio takes on the disguise of
a. Litio
b. Grumio
c. Cambio
d. Tranio
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15: Who says the following: “I come to wive it wealthily in Padua. / If wealthily, then happily in Padua.”
a. Peter
b. Sly
c. Petruchio
d. Tranio
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