Vocab
“Thinkest thou, Hortensio, though her father be very rich, any man is so very a fool to be married to hell?” (Act I, Scene 2)
Gremio
Which suitor does not pretend to be someone else?
Petruchio.
“Have I not heard great ordnance in the field, / And heaven’s artillery thunder in the skies? / Have I not in a pitched battle heard / Loud ’larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets’ clang?” (Act I, Scene 2)
Petruchio
Dog
Cur
Ordnance
Artillery
“For God’s sake, a pot of small ale.” (Ind., Scene 2)
Christopher Sly
Why does Tranio and Lucentio willingly change places in the course of the play?
Lucentio wants to be a tutor in Baptista’s house so he can get close to Bianca without her father’s knowledge.
“...Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perish, Tranio, / If I achieve not this young modest girl. Counsel me, Tranio, for I know thou canst; / Assist me, Tranio, for I know thou wilt.” (Act I, Scene 1)
Money brought into a marriage agreement
Dowry
Cavil
To quarrel
“My master is grown quarrelsome. I should knock you first, / And then I know after who comes by the worst.” (Act I, Scene 2)
Grumio
The most obedient person at the end of the play is...
Katherina
“...She is your treasure, she must have a husband; / I must dance bare-foot on her wedding day/ And for your love to her lead apes in hell. / Talk not to me: I will go sit and weep / Till I can find occasion of revenge.” (Act II, Scene 1)
Katherina
A gold coin
Ducat
Countenance
Appearance
“...Yet if thy thoughts, Bianca, be so humble, / To cast thy wandering eyes on every stale, / Seize thee that list: if once I find thee ranging, / Hortensio will be quit with thee by changing.” (Act III, Scene 2)
Hortensio
Lucentio elopes with Bianca because...
Tranio tells him the timing is right.
“...Music and poesy use to quicken you; / The mathematics and the metaphysics, / Fall to them as you find your stomach serves you; / No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en: / In brief, sir, study what you most affect.” (Act I, Scene 1)
Tranio
Soothing
Dulcet
Coxcomb
A fool's (jester) hat
“I must confess your offer is the best; / And, let your father make her the assurance, / She is your own; else, you must pardon me, / If you should die before him, where’s her dower?” (Act II, Scene I)
Baptista
Petruchio’s “successful” taming of Katharina is first demonstrated when...
She agrees with Petruchio that the moon shines brightly.
“O, I am undone! I am undone! while I play the good husband at home, my son and my servant spend all at the university.” (Act V, Scene 1)
Vincentio
Unplanned
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