SparkNotes: The Taming of the Shrew: Quiz

1. Which character is late for Katherine and Petruccio’s wedding?

(A) Petruccio

(B) Biondello

(C) The pedant

(D) Baptista

2. Who becomes Bianca’s music teacher?

(A) Gremio

(B) Lucentio

(C) Hortensio

(D) Grumio

3. Which character is Petruccio’s servant?

(A) Gremio

(B) Grumio

(C) Biondello

(D) Hortensio

4. How does Lucentio declare his love for Bianca?

(A) Through a clever music lesson

(B) Through a sonnet he leaves on her pillow

(C) By whispering in her ear

(D) Through a Latin translation

5. Where is most of the play set?

(A) Padua

(B) Verona

(C) Venice

(D) Warwickshire

6. Whom does Baptista believe to be Lucentio for most of the play?

(A) Lucentio

(B) Hortensio

(C) Biondello

(D) Tranio

7. How does Petruccio prevent Kate from eating after their marriage?

(A) He tells her she is too fat.

(B) He says that the food is not good enough for her.

(C) He simply forbids her.

(D) He tells her that the food is poisoned.

8. What does Petruccio convince Kate to say about the sun?

(A) That it is black

(B) That it is too dim

(C) That it is cold

(D) That it is the moon

9. What is Christopher Sly’s profession?

(A) Tinker

(B) Tailor

(C) Soldier

(D) Spy

10. Who is Bianca’s father?

(A) Tranio

(B) Gremio

(C) Baptista

(D) Petruccio

11. Who tricks Sly?

(A) A knight

(B) A lord

(C) A king

(D) A priest

12. Who pretends to be Lucentio’s father?

(A) Baptista

(B) Vincentio

(C) Biondello

(D) The pedant

13. Who convinces Bianca and Lucentio to elope?

(A) Biondello

(B) Cherubino

(C) The pedant

(D) Vincentio

14. Whose wife is the first to answer the summons at the end of the play?

(A) Baptista’s

(B) Hortensio’s

(C) Petruccio’s

(D) Lucentio’s

15. How does Tranio trick the pedant?

(A) He tells him that pedants are illegal in Padua.

(B) He tells him that Padua and Mantua are at war.

(C) He tells him that his twin brother has robbed St. Christopher’s.

(D) He tells him that his daughter is dressing as a man.

16. Who becomes Bianca’s Latin teacher?

(A) Tranio

(B) Hortensio

(C) Grumio

(D) Lucentio

17. How does Petruccio set his wedding date?

(A) He asks Kate when she would like to be married.

(B) He falsely claims that Kate has agreed to marry him on Sunday.

(C) He consults Baptista.

(D) He consults Biondello.

18. What is a “shrew,” as defined by this play?

(A) A burrowing creature that often ruined Italian gardens

(B) A chauvinistic and overbearing man

(C) An ill-tempered and disobedient woman

(D) An old man who tries to marry a young girl

19. Why does Petruccio agree to marry Kate?

(A) He wants her father’s money.

(B) He likes her personality.

(C) He is desperately lonely.

(D) He is drunk.

20. What object of the haberdasher’s does Kate covet?

(A) A wedding gown

(B) Gloves

(C) A dressmaker’s dummy

(D) A hat

21. Does Petruccio give it to her?

(A) Yes

(B) No

(C) Yes, but for a price.

(D) Biondello gives it to her.

22. Whom do Petruccio and Kate meet on the road back to Padua?

(A) Tranio

(B) Vincentio

(C) Lucentio

(D) Bianca and Lucentio

23. Whom does Hortensio marry?

(A) Bianca

(B) Kate

(C) A wealthy widow

(D) No one

24. Where do Petruccio and Kate go at the end of the play?

(A) To bed

(B) To Rome

(C) To London

(D) To Verona

25. How are Bianca and Kate related?

(A) They are cousins.

(B) Bianca is Kate’s daughter.

(C) Kate is Bianca’s niece.

(D) They are sisters.