Under what special circumstances does Act One begin?
What is Sly and his “wife” sitting above the stage in a loft, so as to view the play the Lord has prepared as entertainment for Sly.
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Who offers Baptista gifts?
What is Strictly speaking, only Tranio does. He presents Baptista with a lute and some books.
100
What does Cambio recite to Bianca?
What is recites a few lines from Ovid’s epistolary poem the Heroides.
100
Why does Grumio arrive ahead of Petruchio and Kate?
What is He has been sent ahead to start a fire and to prepare servants to meet Petruchio in a park.
100
Why is Gremio present in this scene?
What is He is apparently eavesdropping on Cambio, his rival
200
Where do Lucentio and Tranio arrive in the first scene, and why have they come to this town?
What is They arrive in Padua, a city famous for its university. Lucentio has come to study philosophy.
200
What color is Kate’s hair?
What is She is probably a brunette, as Petruchio refers to her as a hazel-twig, and brown in hue.
200
How does Katherine feel about her father and Bianca?
What is jealous that her father seems to like Bianca better.
200
How was their journey from Padua?
What is Grumio’s account suggests it was a miserable, cold trip with Kate falling down with her horse into mud.
200
Where is Tranio’s father from?
What is Being a sailmaker in Bergamo, Tranio’s father is presumably from there.
300
Why will Baptista not give away Bianca at present?
What is because Katherine has to get married before Bianca.
300
Why has Kate bound Bianca’s hands?
What is She is interrogating Bianca about which suitor she prefers.
300
What lesson does Hortensio give to Bianca?
What is As the musician Lito, Hortensio devises a message,
300
What do Kate and Petruchio eat when they arrive?
What is Petruchio sends the entire meal back to the kitchen, and they eat nothing.
300
Why does Vincentio think that Lucentio has wasted his fortune while in Padua?
What is Vincentio thinks that Lucentio has spent money on him.
400
How does Lucentio intend to woo Bianca?
What is Lucentio plans to dress himself as a schoolmaster in order to be introduced into Bianca’s presence.
400
What does Gremio offer to give Bianca?
What is Gremio can only offer his land and what little he has in his house,
400
Why does Hortensio lose interest so suddenly in Bianca?
What is Bianca has just rejected him, and she begins to show favoritism to the younger schoolmaster Lucentio.
400
Why does Petruchio reject the mutton?
What is He claims that it is burnt.
400
Why is Gremio eager to defend Vincentio?
What is Gremio probably wants to discredit him as much as possible in order to win Baptista’s approval to marry Bianca.
500
With whom has Lucentio fallen in love?
What is Lucentio has fallen in love at first sight with Bianca.
500
How does Gremio react to Baptista favoring Tranio’s offer?
What is He implies that Bianca is not worth all the money that Tranio has promised her,
500
Why is Kate upset on her wedding day?
What is Petruchio fails to show up at the appointed time.
500
Why does Tranio swear not to court Bianca?
What is Tranio forswears Bianca because Hortensio has proven her to be attached to Cambio.
500
Why does Tranio call for a constable?
What is Tranio waits until there is no other option but to have Vincentio forciably removed so that the wedding arrangements with Baptista will go forward.