Show:
Characters
Guises & disguises
Shakespeare background
The Plot
Act 1
100
He is the bewildered father of Bianca and Katherine.
Who is Baptista?
100
Tranio impersonates this character to gain Baptista's approval.
Who is Lucentio?
100
Shakespeare lived and wrote during this century.
What are the 1600s? What is the 17th century?
100
This female character is finally "tamed" by Petruchio.
Who is Kate (or Katherine)?
100
number of hours late Petruchio arrived for his wedding
What is "3"?
200
This character is visiting from Verona, but stays in Padua when he falls in love.
Who is Lucentio?
200
Lucentio disguises himself as this amorous tutor.
Who is Cambio?
200
This theater was built with funding from Shakespeare's players.
What is the Globe Theater?
200
This old man ridiculously thinks he can marry Bianca.
Who is Gremio?
200
the role does the lord have in mind for his page, Barthol’mew?
Sly's wife
300
This unfortunate traveler is asked to "play" his father.
Who is the Lucentio
300
Hortensio disguises himself as this inept tutor.
Who is Litio?
300
Shakespeare's plays can be categorized into these three types.
What are comedies, tragedies, and histories?
300
This character finally turns up at the end of the play, causing even more confusion.
Who is Vincentio?
300
The pun that goes back and forth between Petruchio and his servant
What is "Knock"
400
This drunkard is tricked into believing that he is of noble status.
Who is Christopher Sly?
400
This character brings "Lucentio" to spy on Bianca.
Who is Hortensio?
400
Who ruled England during Shakespeare's lifetime?
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
400
This "bet" is made between Petruchio and Hortensio/ Lucentio.
Whose wife will arrive first when called?
400
What Baptista says Petruchio must do if he wants to marry Kate
What is "win her love"?
500
This character is often the target of Petruchio's vicious temper.
Who is Grumio?
500
This character has more power than meets the eye.
Who is Bianca?
500
the wife of William Shakespeare
Who is Anne Hathaway?
500
Kate's speech implores her fellow "wives" to do this.
What is obey their husbands?
500
The question Kate tortures her sister to answer.
who is the suitor she most desires?