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The Taming of the Shrew - Acts 1-3 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Bianca's second suitor
a)
Hortensio
b)
Petruchio
c)
Tranio
d)
Grumio
2.
What Gremio calls Katherine after the wedding
a)
lamb
b)
fiend
c)
devil's mother
d)
the devil
3.
Petrucihio will earn how many crowns to marry Katherine?
a)
20,000
b)
50,000
c)
70,000
d)
100,000
4.
Petruchio loves the __ Katherine brings
a)
challenge
b)
beauty
c)
intelligence
d)
anger
5.
Day set for Katherine's wedding
a)
Sunday
b)
Friday
c)
Monday
d)
Wednesday
6.
Tranio's home town
a)
Bergamo
b)
Verona
c)
Pisa
d)
Mantua
7.
man who must marry for money
a)
Petruchio
b)
Baptista
c)
Tranio
d)
Hortensio
8.
person who pretends to be Lucentio
a)
Tranio
b)
Biondello
c)
Gremio
d)
Grumio
9.
Bianca offers to help Katherine get a
a)
husband
b)
job
c)
servant
d)
house
10.
The Shrew
a)
Katherine
b)
Bianca
c)
widow
d)
Petruchio
11.
Tranio has to hire a fake __
a)
father
b)
mother
c)
musician
d)
priest
12.
smart-mouthed servant
a)
Grumio
b)
Tranio
c)
Gremio
d)
Biondello
13.
Baptista hires __ for Bianca
a)
teachers
b)
servants
c)
suitors
d)
cooks
14.
Character who introduces the idea of disguises
a)
Sly
b)
Baptista
c)
Petruchio
d)
Lucentio
15.
 __ wins Bianca's hand in marriage for Lucentio
a)
Tranio
b)
Gremio 
c)
Petruchio
d)
Biondello
16.
Right after the wedding, Katherine 
a)
becomes more shrewish
b)
becomes less shrewish
c)
becomes obedient
d)
becomes a widow
17.
name of the music teacher
a)
Licio
b)
Grumio
c)
Cambio
d)
Biondello
18.
What Gremio will give the man who marries Katherine
a)
a horse
b)
20,000 crowns
c)
a house
d)
100 cows
19.

Tranio is going to help Lucentio __ with Bianca

a)

elope

b)

visit

c)

teach

d)

help Baptista

20.
Baptista wants his daughters to marry for
a)
love
b)
wealth
c)
his own sanity
d)
their own safety
21.
Katherine's nick name
a)
Kate
b)
Kathy
c)
Kat
d)
Katherine
22.
author of the play
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Dickens
c)
Poe
d)
Owrell
23.
Petruchio buys wedding things in 
a)
Venice
b)
Padua
c)
Pisa
d)
Mantua
24.
She has three men who want to marry her
a)
Bianca
b)
Katherine
c)
widow
d)
Elizabeth
25.
name of the poetry teacher
a)
Cambio
b)
Biondello
c)
Licio
d)
Tranio
26.
oldest of Bianca's suitors
a)
Gremio
b)
Tranio
c)
Petruchio
d)
Baptista
27.
servant who must serve a servant
a)
Biondello
b)
Grumio
c)
Tranio
d)
Peter
28.
what Katherine will use to bloody Hortensio's face
a)
three-legged stool
b)
whip
c)
her fist
d)
a kitchen knife
29.
Petruchio says that Katherine is like any of his other
a)
property
b)
servants
c)
wives
d)
jewels
30.
Bianca __ her lessons with her tutors
a)
controls
b)
finishes
c)
learns
d)
ignores
31.
wealthiest man in Padua
a)
Baptista
b)
Petruchio
c)
Tranio
d)
Grumio
32.
Lucentio's father
a)
Vincentio
b)
Baptista
c)
Petruchio
d)
Gremio
33.
Tranio promises two thousand __ to marry Bianca
a)
gold coins (ducats)
b)
crowns
c)
pounds
d)
shillings
34.
Before meeting Lucentio, Bianca had never seen any __ she found attractive
a)
face
b)
horse
c)
person
d)
suitor
35.
Petruchio's father
a)
Antonio
b)
Baptista
c)
Vincentio
d)
Gremio
36.
Gremio states that Bianca will be his only
a)
heir
b)
daughter
c)
wife
d)
servant
37.
instrument broken over Licio's head
a)
lute
b)
banjo
c)
flute
d)
drum
38.
Petruchio's home town
a)
Verona
b)
Mantua
c)
Pisa
d)
Brgamo
39.
reason Lucentio come to Padua
a)
to go to school
b)
to find a wife
c)
to get a job
d)
to start a new business
40.
Lucentio's home town
a)
Pisa
b)
Padua
c)
Verona
d)
Bergamo