Both Multiple Choice Questions Sets with Answers and Rationale

She strikes him

P: I swear I’ll cuff you if you strike again      1

K: So may you lose your arms

If you strike me, you are no gentleman;

And if no gentleman, why then no arms.

P: A herald, Kate? Oh, put me in thy books! 5

K: What is your crest? A coxcomb?

P: A combless cock, so Kate will be my hen.

K: No cock of mine. You crow too like a craven.

P: Nay, come, Kate, come. You must not look so sour.

K: It is my fashion, when I see a crab.           10

P: Why, here’s no crab, and therefore look not sour.

K: There is, there is.

P: Then show it me.

K: Had I a glass, I would.

P: What, you mean my face?  15

K: Well aimed of such a young one.

P: Now, by Saint George, I am too young for you.

K: Yet you are withered.

P: ‘Tis with cares.

K: I care not.   20

P: Nay, hear you, Kate: in sooth you ‘scape not so.

K: I chafe you, if I tarry. Let me go.

P: No, not a whit. I find you passing gentle.

‘Twas told me you were rough and coy and sullen,

And now I find report a very liar.      25

For thou art pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous,

But slow in speech, yet sweet as springtime flowers.

Thou canst not frown, thou canst not look askance,

Nor bite the lip as angry wenches will,

Nor hast thou pleasure to be cross in talk.      30

But thou with mildness entertain’st thy wooers,

With gentle conference, soft and affable.

Why does the world report that Kate is doth limp?

O slanderous world! Kate like the hazel-twig

Is straight and slender and as brown in hue   35

As hazel nuts, and sweeter than the kernels.

Oh, let me see thee walk! Thou dost not halt.

1.       “But slow…flowers” (line 27) is an example of

a)      pastoral imagery

b)      simile

c)      flattery

d)     parable

e)      hyperbole

2.     In line 25, who does Petruchio refer to as “a very liar”?

a) himself

b) Kate

c) the people who refer to Kate as a shrew

d) Bianca

e) Baptista

3.      Why does Kate remain angry though Petruchio is utilizing flattery? Because

a) he calls her an “angry wench” (line 29)

b) he threatens her

c) she states “I care not” (line 20)

d) she doubts his sincerity

e) she uses anger as a defense mechanism

4. Based on the passage, the reader could infer that

a) Baptista does not believe that Petruchio is a good match for Kate

b) Kate will run away before Petruchio can propose to her

c) The banter between Kate and Petruchio reveals they are perfect intellectual matches for one another

d) Petruchio is completely sincere throughout the scene

e) Neither one of the characters is interested in one another

5. The purpose of Petruchio referring to himself as a “combless cock” is to

a) prove to Kate that they are equals

b) reveal that his is actually a rooster

c) imply that Kate should bring him a hairbrush

d) put himself in a position of power

e) impress Kate by showing off his masculinity

1.      Answer: B

Rationale: Petruchio is attempting to flatter Kate by comparing her sweetness to the sweetness of springtime flowers.

2.      Answer: C

Rationale: In the previous line Petruchio explains to Kate that he has heard from several people that she displays shrew-like behavior. He says that are lying in an attempt to flatter her.

3.      Answer: E

Rationale: Kate explains to Petruchio that “I chafe you, if I tarry. Let me go,” (line 22). This is the first honest admission of fear Kate has, because her strong personality has been known to anger many people. She is trying to protect both herself and Petruchio from pain by denying his affections in an angry manner.

4.      Answer: C

Rationale: The banter between Petruchio and Kate highlights their intelligence. Both characters could not settle for anything less than a challenge, and this ongoing battle of wits proves they are each other’s challenge.

5.      Answer: A

Rationale: It is interpreted that a rooster’s comb represents its patriarchy. So by referring to himself as “combless,” Petruchio is willing to be emasculated for Kate, deeming them equals.

A woman’s face, with nature’s own hand painted,          1

Hast thou, the master-mistress of my passion;

A woman’s gentle heart, but not acquainted

With shifting change, as is false women’s fashion;

An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,         5

Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;

A man in hue, all hues in his controlling,

Which steals men’s eyes and women’s souls amazeth.

And for a woman wert thou first created,

Till nature as she wrought thee fell a-doting,                   10

And by addition me of thee defeated,

By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.

  But since she pricked thee out for women’s pleasure,         

  Mine be thy love, and thy love’s use their treasure.

1. In line 1, the primary literary device used is

a) metaphor

b) parable

c) personification

d) symbolism

e) love

2. The subject of this poem is

a) the speaker’s love

b) Queen Elizabeth

c) Mother Nature

d) women as a whole

e) men as a whole

3. This poem is an example of

a) Petrarchan sonnet

b) Villanelle

c) Elegy

d)  Shakespearean sonnet

e) epistle

            4. The reader can infer from this poem that the speaker

a) cannot chose between two lovers

b) is idolizing women

c) is completely happy with his love life

d) is a victim of unrequited love

e) does not know how to express his love to the subject

            5. The tone of this poem could be described as

a) defiant

b) sorrowful

c) apathetic

d) optimistic

e) yearnful

1.      Answer: C

Rationale: The speaker describes his subject by saying “nature’s own hand painted” the subject’s face. This personification of nature allows the reader to picture a face so beautiful it was hand crafted to be as beautiful as a woman wearing make-up.

2.      Answer: A

Rationale: This entire poem describes a man that has all the advantages that make women enticing without the downfalls of being a woman, which implies that the speaker idolizes the subject. It is clear the speaker loves the subject in the ending couplet, when the speaker blatantly admits “[m]ine be thy love.”

3.      Answer: D

Rationale: The format of this Sonnet follows the Shakespearean sonnet format; it is a fourteen line poem that is written in iambic pentameter, has three quatrains, and ends in a rhyming couplet that ultimately captures the main essence of the poem.

4.      Answer: D

Rationale: The speaker loves the subject, but because Mother Nature “pricked thee out for women’s pleasure,” he cannot physically be with the subject. Therefore, his love cannot be completely reciprocated.

5.      Answer: E

Rationale: In the ending couplet, the speaker understands that he cannot be with the subject. However, he continues to love him regardless of their predicament.