Literary Terms
Shrew Characters
Punctuation rules
Vocabulary
Shrew Plot
100
A type of comedy with ridiculous situations and characters.
What is a farce?
100
Is killing his wife with kindness.
Who is Petruchio?
100
Used to separate two complete sentences that are joined together with a conjunction.
What is a comma?
100
The word meaning "sum total"?
What is aggregate?
100
To find a wealthy wife.
What is the reason Petruchio is in Padua?
200
Term used to define Oedipus Rex because the main character meets with a bad end as a result of a flaw.
What is a tragedy?
200
Wants to marry Bianca
Who are Hortensio, Gremio and Lucentio?
200
A word that means "unethical methods of trickery."
What is chicanery?
200
To study at the university in Padua.
The reason Lucentio comes to Padua.
300
Humor that is mainly visual due to chases, falls and other amusing sights.
What is slapstick?
300
The father of the brides.
Who is Baptista?
300
Used to show an interrupted thought.
What is a dash?
300
A word meaning to ward off a blow.
What is parry?
300
Not letting her eat or sleep.
Petruchio's plan for taming Kate.
400
My grade in Marine Biology is below sea-level.
What is an example of a pun?
400
Smart servant who helps his master get the girl.
Who is Tranio?
400
Used to separate items in a list when the items already contain commas.
What is a semi-colon?
400
A word meaning a cure-all.
What is chicanery?
400
The town in which Taming of the Shrew is set.
What is Padua?
500
Used in plays to explain or comment on the action.
What is a chorus?
500
The absent father who is being replaced by a school teacher.
Who is Vincentio?
500
Used to combine two or more words together when they are used as a single adjective before a noun.
What is a hyphen?
500
A word meaning to cause something to occur to throw headlong.
What is precipitate?
500
A hat.
What is the item Kate may have when she is "gentler?"
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