Vocabulary
Acts 1-2
Page 4
Characters
Acts 3-5
100
Asinine
What is stupid or foolish?
100
Padua
Where does the story take place?
100
Use of disguises
What is it called when a character puts on a disguise to hide, trick, or spy on others?
100
Lucentio
Who is the son of Vincentio?
100
Moon
What does Petruchio call the sun?
200
Vouch
What is to support as being true?
200
When Kate is married
When will Bianca be allowed to marry?
200
Love at first sight
What is the common device in romantic comedies?
200
Hortensio
Who tutors Bianca in music?
200
She fell off
What happens on Katherines ride on the horse?
300
Woo
What is to seek the love of someone?
300
Be her tutor
What does Baptista plan to do for Bianca?
300
Play-within-a-play
What is it called when a plan is performed as part of the story for some dramatic purpose?
300
Baptista
Who is the father of Bianca?
300
Petruchio yells at Katherine
What do Petruchio and Katherine do in their bedroom?
400
Bonny
What is attractive/beautiful?
400
To find a wife
Why is Petruchio in Padua?
400
Asides
What is it called when characters make comments to each other or to the audience the characters never hear?
400
Gremio
Who is a foolish old man?
400
calls her nasty
How does the widow offend Katherine?
500
Haughty
What is arrogantly superior and disdainful?
500
Sunday
On what day will Petruchio and Katherine marry?
500
Fluid action
What is it called when the stage is used little in the way of set or props; everything is portable?
500
Petruchio
Who is a young man from Verona?
500
To see if she likes him
Why do Tranio and Hortensio spy on Bianca and Lucentio?
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