Characters
General knowledge
All about Shakespeare
Student Questions about the Play
Student Questions Continued
100
This person is the father of the two daughters.
Who is Baptista?
100
This person wrote the play The Taming of the Shrew
Who is William Shakespeare
100
Shakespeare was this
Who is a poet and playwrite
100
This is Shakespeare's mother's maiden name
Who is Mary Arden?
100
This person marries the widow.
Who is Hortensio?
200
These are the two daughters.
Who are Katherina (Kate) and Bianca?
200
This is the genre of play The Taming of the Shrew
What is a comedy.
200
Shakespeare lived here
Where is England?
200
This is how big the shrew is
What is the size of your palm or hand?
200
This is where Petruchio come from?
Where is Verona
300
This person is the shrew.
Who is Katherina (Kate)?
300
This is the opposite of a comedy play
What is a tragedy
300
This was Shakespeare's wife
Who was Anne Hathaway?
300
The play is set here.
Where is Venice?
300
This piece of clothing was worn by girls and boys
What is a skirt?
400
These are the suitors of Bianca.
Who are Hortensio and Gremio?
400
This play was written around what date?
When is around the 1500s?
400
This was where William's finest plays were first performed
Where is the Globe Theatre?
400
This is the country Venice is in.
What is Italy?
400
This is the main place Elizabeth kept her prisoners and potential people who would be executed
Where is the Tower of London?
500
This person is the servant of Petruchio.
Who is Grumio?
500
This is one of Shakespeare's funniest plays
What is The Taming of the Shrew?
500
This is the date William Shakespeare died
When is 1616
500
This is the reason the phrase: A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet is ironic
it was said by William Shakespeare and his rival theatre was called the rose and they had sewage problems.
500
This is what Grumio's only line is about
What is horses
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