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Induction
1. What does "induction " mean?
2. What purpose does the induction serve?
3. Who are: Christopher Sly
Hostess
Lord
4. What is the setting of the induction?
5. What tricks are the huntsmen playing on Christopher Sly?
6. a) What is the page's role?
b) How does Sly react?
7. What play is to be performed for Christopher Sly?
Act I
1.What is the setting of the play?
2.Why is Lucentio in Padua?
Who is Lucentio’s father?______________________
3.What is Baptista Minola’s wish concerning his daughters marriages?
4.What is Lucentio’s scheme to marry Bianca?
5.Identify each character:
Bianca
Katherine
Baptista
Lucentio
Tranio
Hortensio
Gremio
Biondello
Act I scene 2
6.A. Where is Petruchio from? ___________________
B. Why has Petruchio come to Padua?
7.What is the only consideration of Petruchio in terms of a future wife?
8.What plan does Hortensio suggest that will introduce Petruchio to Katherine
and will allow him to see Bianca?
Act II
1. Petruchio outlines his battle plans withy Kate. What methods will he
use? Find quotations from the text that describe his plan.
2. A. How do Kate and Petruchio react to each other?
(a) How does Petruchio say Kate acted when they were alone together for
the first time?
(b) Why is Petruchio's story abot Kate's agreement to marry him so
readily accepted?
B. How does he justify her angry behavior when they are in public together?
3. How does Baptista decide who will marry Bianca?
Act III
scene i
1. Who is Licio?
2. Whom does Bianca prefer? How do you know?
3. When Hortensio realizes what is going on between Lucentio and Bianca,
what does he say (to himself)?
scene ii
4. Why is Kate so upset on her wedding day?
5. Translate Biondello’s description of Petruchio and his horse into
Modern English.
6. A. What occurred at the marriage ceremony as Gremio described it?
B. Why does Petruchio act this way?
7. What decisions are made by:
Tranio concerning Vincentio -
Lucentio concerning Bianca -
8. What is the first argument of the newly married couple?
Act IV scene i
1. What does Grumio say happened to Kate and Petruchio on the way to
Petruchio’s country house?
2. How does Petruchio treat his servants? Why?
3. What is Petruchio’s plan (the last speech of the scene)?
Act IV scene ii
1. Tranio, as _________________and Hortensio, as _________________see
_________________and _________________meet, talk and court each other.
2. What does Hortensio tell Tranio?
3. Why does Tranio want to find an old man?
4. When Tranio finds him, what does he tell him?
Act IV scene iii
5. Kate asks Grumio for something; what is it and what does he do?
6. Describe the incident between Petruchio and the tailor.
7. Why does Petruchio keep changing his mind about going to Baptista’s
house for Bianca’s wedding? What “reverse psychology’ is he using on Kate?
Act IV scene iv
8. Tranio, as _________________and the pedant, as _________________speak
with _________________, Bianca’s father, about the wedding plans.
9. Lucentio, as _________________, appears with _________________, the
servant, who tells him the plans are ready.
Act IV scene v
10. Petruchio first says to Kate how “bright and goodly shines the
_________________” and
Kate says, “It is not _________________now.”
11. Petruchio says, “It shall be moon or star or what I please” and
decides to ___________________________ because Kate will not agree with him.
12. ____________________________________ says to agree or they will never
get to ________________ ‘s house.
13. What is Kate’s response to the odd rules that are being imposed on
her?
14. What trick does Petruchio then play on Kate to test her?
15. A. Who is the old man ?
a) What is his name? ___________________
b) Who is he related to and how? ____________________________________
B. What problem could he be creating?
Act V
1. What happens at Baptista’s house?
2. The real Vincentio is worried. Why?
3. What other test does Petruchio ask of Katherine?
4. What occasion is celebrated in the last scene of the play?
5. Who is married to whom?
Petruchio to ___________________________________
Hortensio to ___________________________________
Lucentio to ____________________________________
6. After the three women leave the room, what is the bet and how much is
waged?
7. What is the response of:
Bianca -
the Widow -
Kate -
8. In Kate’s speech, she shows she is a changed woman. In your own
words, translate her last speech line by line.
9. Has Kate been ‘tamed”? Agree or disagree and give two solid reasons
for doing so.
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ARTICLE QUESTIONS read in class "Hunting For Good Will: Will the Real
Shakespeare please stand up?"
1. What is this article about? Summarize in a couple of sentences.
2. Who does the author seem to agree with?
3. Give one example that supports Shakespeare.
4. Give one example that supports Edward de Vere.
5. Who do you agree with? Why?
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