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Who is the shrew?
Katherine
100
Sir, to your pleasure humbly I subscribe. My books and instruments shall be my company, On them to look and practice by myself.
Bianca
100
She is obedient to her husband, meek, and virtuous
The good wife
100
Who agrees to marry and tame Katherine, for a price?
Petruchio
100
What is Baptista, Katherine, and Bianca's last name?
Minola
200
Who is Katherine and Bianca's father?
Baptista
200
I burn, I pine, I perish!
Lucentio
200
She is blessed, worthy, the beauty of nature, and the love of virtue
The virgin
200
What is Lucentio's father's name?
Vincentio
200
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds
Alliteration
300
Name all four suitors to Bianca (Hint: One is just pretending to be a suitor!)
Gremio, Hortensio, Lucentio, and Tranio (disguised as Lucentio)
300
Let him that moved you hither remove you hence. I knew you at the first you were a movable.
Katherine
300
She is patient, obedient, and subservient to men
The quiet woman
300
In what city does the story take place?
Padua
300
When a literary work refers to another literary work or other well known story/character
Allusion
400
Who do Lucentio and Hortensio disguise themselves as?
Lucentio disguises himself as Cambio, a language teacher, and Hortensio disguises himself as Litio, a music teacher
400
Now shall my friend Petruchio do me grace And offer me disguised in sober robes To old Baptista as a schoolmaster Well seen in music
Hortensio
400
She is the misery of man and speaks her mind
The unquiet woman
400
What is Baptista's condition for giving Katherine to Petruchio?
She must love him
400
When an author replaces a letter with an apostrophe to reduce the number of syllables
Ellision
500
Name three servants in the play.
Grumio, Tranio, and Biondello
500
First, as you know, my house within the city Is richly furnished with plate and gold.
Gremio
500
She is the figure of imperfection and a kind of devil
The wanton woman
500
What does Katherine do to Hortensio (disguised as Litio) during their first music lesson?
Hits her over the head with a lute
500
Define iambic pentameter.
A line of ten beats, alternating unstressed and stressed syllables
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