Characters
Who is the famously shrewish elder daughter of Baptista?
Who is Kate
"My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart, concealing it, will break."
Who is Katherine?
The city in Italy where the main action of the play takes place.
What is Padua?
What is Petruchio's initial motivation for marrying Kate?
What is her large dowry/wealth.
Who is the author of Taming of the Shrew?
Who is William Shakespeare
Who arrives in Padua to study philosophy but falls for Bianca?
Who is Lucentio
"'Twas told me a bald sexton at Saint Luke's church was there at the parcels of a larger sum; I am not married yet, and if I be, I'll find a day to 'tame' you."
Who is Petruchio?
Baptista resolves that his younger daughter, Bianca, cannot marry until this condition is met.
What is Katherine being married first?
What does Petruchio do to Kate's wedding dress and food?
What is he insults them and refuses to let her have them/eat them.
Shakespeare was how old when he retired?
what is 52
What is the name of Petruchio's witty, often mistreated servant?
Who is Grumio
"No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en, in brief, sir, study what you most affect."
Who is Lucentio (or Tranio disguised as Lucentio)?
Petruchio demonstrates his strange behavior at the wedding ceremony by doing this to the priest.
What is kissing the priest loudly/smacking him on the head?
What unusual behavior does Petruchio exhibit at their wedding?
What is he arrives late and acts wildly.
What did Shakespeare study in school?
What is Grammar
Who else, besides Lucentio, tries to woo Bianca?
Who is Hortensio and Grumio
"Such duty as the subject owes the prince, even such a woman oweth to her husband."
Who is Katherine
On the road to Padua, Petruchio forces Katherine to agree that the sun is actually this, in a demonstration of her obedience.
What is the moon?
What shocking thing does Petruchio make Kate agree the sun is?
What is the moon
What was the year Shakespeare was born?
What is 1564
Who travels from Verona to Padua specifically seeking a wealthy wife, regardless of her temperament?
Who is Petruchio?
"Why, Petruchio is coming in a new hat, and an old jerkin; a pair of old breeches thrice turned; a pair of boots that have been candle cases..."
Who is Biondello
This is the final event of the play, where the men bet on which of their wives is the most obedient.
What is the wager/bet?
What does Petruchio tell Kate to do when he wins the bet at the wedding feast
What is "kiss me Kate"
What play of Shakespeare is considered cursed?
What is Macbeth