English 10 Unit 4 The Taming of the Shrew Acts 2-4 test review

1. At the beginning of Act 2, scene 1, why has Katharina tied Bianca's hands?

• a) Bianca told Petruchio not to marry Katharina
• b) Katharina wants Bianca to admit her secret love for Petruchio
• c) Katharina wants Bianca to admit which suitor she loves best
• d) Bianca strikes her, and Katharina is angry

2. In Act 2, scene 1, which men from Padua are Bianca's primary suitors?

• a) Gremio and Hortensio
• b) Baptista and Gremio
• c) Hortensio and Petruchio
• d) Bianca has no suitors because she is a shrew

3. What name does Lucentio use while disguised as a tutor?

• a) Hortensio
• b) Cambio
• c) Tranio
• d) Biondello

4. What name does Hortensio use while disguised as a music tutor?

• a) Lucentio
• b) Litio
• c) Tranio
• d) Cambio

5. When Petruchio introduces himself to Baptista, he says, "Petruchio is my name, Antonio's son, / A man well known throughout all Italy" (2.1.68-69). What is Baptista's response?

• a) He reveals that he dislikes Petruchio's father
• b) He refuses to speak to Petruchio
• c) He immediately approves of a marriage between Petruchio and Katharina
• d) He welcomes Petruchio warmly

6. In Act 2, scene 1, Petruchio and Katharina's first interaction can best be described as...

• a) silent and doubtful
• b) respectful and loving
• c) witty and passionate
• d) quiet and disengaged

7. At the end of Act 2, scene 1, identify the two suitors who compete to promise the "greatest dower" for Katharina (2.1.341).

• a) Gremio and Tranio
• b) Gremio and Baptista
• c) Petruchio and Gremio
• d) Petruchio and Baptista
• Option 2

8. In Act 3, scene 1, which suitor earns more favor with Bianca?

• a) Petruchio
• b) Lucentio
• c) Hortensio
• d) she rejects all suitors

9. At the beginning of Act 3, scene 2, why is Baptista upset?

• a) Petruchio should have arrived for the wedding, but he is has not
• b) It has been discovered that Petruchio is really a wanted criminal
• c) Bianca has run away from home
• d) Katharina has refused to leave her room to marry Petruchio

10. As Gremio describes the wedding between Petruchio and Katharina, he reports that Petruchio engaged in all of the following behaviors EXCEPT:

• a) arriving to the ceremony dressed in a sloppy, careless, mismatched way
• b) swearing during the ceremony
• c) hitting Katharina when she refused to say her vows
• d) struck the priest and yelled at him when he dropped the Bible