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William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
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The Life of William Shakespeare
Page 7 – exercise 1
a. Stratford-upon-Avon.
b. 18.
c. He was a glove maker.
d. the Globe Theatre.
e. 23rd April, 1616.
PART ONE
Understanding the plot
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a. Because she has thrown him out of
the tavern.
b. Because he has broken some glasses
and refuses to pay for them.
c. She can tell by his clothes, and the
way that he speaks and behaves.
d. She threatens to call a constable.
e. He challenges her to call the
constable, saying that he does not
care what she does. Then he rolls
over and goes to sleep.
f. He decides to make Christopher Sly
believe that he is really a great lord
who has been ill for a long time.
g. He tells them that his guest has never
seen a play before, and that his
behaviour is eccentric.
h. Christopher Sly is the ‘important lord’.
i. He asks for some beer.
j.
What they
How he reacts
offer him
Wine
Says that he has never
drunk wine before
Something
delicate to eat
Says that the only delicacy
he eats is beef
Choice of
clothing
Says that he only has one
suit of clothes
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k. The lord says that the cause of his
madness was too much drink.
l. They are: music, a beautiful estate,
horses, hounds, pictures and a
beautiful wife.
m. Fifteen years.
n. She says that the doctors fear a
return of his madness if he becomes
excited.
o. He agrees to watch a play.
The characters
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a. Christopher Sly is a habitual
drunkard and a simple man.
b. The lord is fond of sport and
pleasure.
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He refuses to pay for the glasses he has
broken, and he later admits that he has a
debt for beer at the Wincot tavern.
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He tells the servant who disagrees with
him about the performance of the dogs
that he is a fool. His trick on Sly is also
quite cruel.
Focus on language
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a. Obligation b. Arrangement
c. Obligation d. Arrangement
e. Arrangement
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a. was to b. are not to
d. is not to e. are to
c. are to
c. He has decided that no one can
marry his younger daughter until his
older daughter has a husband.
d. Gremio and Hortensio both want to
marry Bianca.
e. Tranio thinks that Katharine is either
mad or not afraid of anyone.
f. He falls in love with her.
g. They agree to work together to find a
husband for Katharine.
h. Lucentio wants to work in Bianca’s
house as a tutor, and Tranio is going
to pretend to be Lucentio.
i. He says that he is in disguise because
he killed a man during a quarrel.
j. He fell asleep during the first part of
the play. He wants the play to finish
so that he can go to bed with his
‘wife’.
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trick: action designed to deceive
someone
joke: remark or story designed to amuse
someone
hoax: action designed to deceive
someone for the sake of amusement
riddle: confusing statement, question or
description, designed to test
someone’s ingenuity
puzzle: question or toy designed to test
someone’s ingenuity
pun: statement with words that have two
meanings, or words with the same
sound, designed to amuse someone
Listening
Page 23 – exercise 8
Tapescript
LORD:
Then take him up, and manage
well the jest:
Carry him gently to my fairest chamber,
And hang it round with all my wanton
pictures:
Balm his foul head in warm distilled
waters;
And burn sweet wood to make the
lodging sweet:
Procure me music ready when he wakes,
To make a dulcet and a heavenly sound;
And if he chance to speak, be ready
straight
And with a low submissive reverence
Say ‘What is it your honour will
command?’
The characters
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a. Katharine is rude, aggressive and
unfriendly.
b. Tranio is young, fun-loving and loyal.
c. Lucentio is romantic, daring and
hopeful.
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They think his plan is unfair, and they
ask him to change his mind.
Focus on language
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a. go to work b. visited Italy last year
c. am studying very hard d. he would
be on holiday e. he had been working
f. don’t agree g. am in love
Page 23 – exercise 9
Open answer.
Listening
Page 36 – exercise 5
PART TWO
Tapescript
Understanding the plot
Page 34 – exercise 1
a. He has been sent by his father to
study philosophy at the university
there.
b. i. It is Baptista’s house.
ii. Five people come out of the house.
BIONDELLO:
Tell me what’s really going
on, Tranio – you don’t think I believe
that story of the quarrel, do you?
TRANIO: What do you mean?
BIONDELLO: I know you two. You’re up to
something, and I want to know what
it is. You’re playing a game of some
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kind, I’m sure of it. I’ve got a right to
know, Tranio. So come on, tell me
the truth.
TRANIO: All right, I’ll tell you. Lucentio’s
in love. All this is a plan to get him
into the house of the girl he loves.
He’s going to pretend to be her tutor.
That’s why we swapped clothes.
BIONDELLO: But why doesn’t he call on
the father, explain that he’s in love.
Lucentio’s a rich young man, and he
comes from a good family. Surely the
father would be happy to let him see
the girl?
TRANIO: It’s more complicated than that,
Biondello. I’ll explain everything to
you. It’s like this, you see. We
arrived here in Padua, and then …
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The action of the play moves
towards the establishment of
harmony.
PART THREE
Understanding the plot
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a. He has come in search of adventure,
and possibly to find a wife.
b. Petruchio’s servant is called Grumio.
c. He visits Hortensio.
d. Petruchio gives Hortensio the news
of his father’s death and the fact that
he has inherited all his land and
money.
e. Petruchio does not mind what kind
of woman he marries, as long as she
is rich.
f. If Petruchio succeeds in marrying
Katharine, Hortensio will be able to
see Bianca.
g. Hortensio and Gremio agree to pay
Petruchio’s expenses because they
want him to marry Katharine, and
thus free Bianca to see visitors.
a. He wants to know why Lucentio and
Tranio have swapped clothes.
b. Tranio tells him the truth, that
Lucentio is in love and wants to find
a job as a tutor in Bianca’s house.
c. He cannot understand why Lucentio
does not call on the house in the
ordinary way. He is sure that the
family would accept him as a suitor.
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Open answer.
Real identity
Shakespeare and English Comedy
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a. False – Comedy included any play
with a happy ending.
b. True
c. True
d. True
e. False – The earliest English comedy
was Ralph Roister Doister.
Assumed identity
Hortensio Rich young man
Music tutor
Lucentio
Rich young man
Tutor
Tranio
Lucentio’s servant Lucentio
The characters
Page 45 – exercise 3
b. practical, avaricious and unromantic
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a. will b. inherit c. bequeathed /
land d. sole / left
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– The Christopher Sly and Katharine
plots are set in motion by the desire
to ‘teach good behaviour’.
– There is an element of ‘salvation’ as
Katharine achieves a more
wholesome understanding of love
and marriage.
Focus on language
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a. long, old, tarmac
b. delicious, clear
c. big, glass
d. beautiful, huge, golden
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e. round, yellow, fire
f. tall, young, African
Focus on language
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a. The man asked me where Piccadilly
Circus was.
b. The secretary asked me when I was
going on holiday.
c. The waiter came to our table with
the menu, and asked if we wanted to
see the wine list.
d. The headmaster was very angry
when he heard the noise in the
classroom, and asked them if they all
wanted to be punished.
e. He asked his mother if they were
going to Paris that year.
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a. a rare, French
b. a mysterious, old, stone
c. beautiful, young, foreign
d. precious, golden
e. a strong, white, Arabian
Writing
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Open answer.
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1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B
6. D 7. C 8. B 9. C
EXERCISES
5. C
Writing
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Open answer.
PART FOUR
Discussion point
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Open answers.
Understanding the plot
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a. Katharine is angry because so many
men want to marry Bianca.
b. iv. Katharine beats her sister with
a whip.
v. Katharine tells her father that he
does not care what happens to her.
ii. Petruchio tells Baptista that he
comes from Verona.
iii. Petruchio introduces Hortensio
as a music tutor.
i. Gremio introduces Lucentio as
a tutor.
c. Tranio is impersonating Lucentio,
and is wearing the latter’s clothes.
d. He brings a parcel of books and a lute.
e. He says that he will be ‘like the wind
that blows out a little fire’.
f. She hits him over the head with a lute.
g. He decides to pretend that she means
the opposite of whatever she says or
does.
PART FIVE
Understanding the plot
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a. Petruchio mentions her politeness
and beauty.
b. A real gentleman would not threaten
to hit her as Petruchio does.
c. He tells him that he and his daughter
are in love with each other.
d. He says that they have agreed she
can go on behaving badly when other
people are present.
e.
First offer
Gremio His house and
farm when he
dies
Tranio
The characters
Page 56 – exercise 2
She is jealous of her sister’s popularity
with men.
f.
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Second offer
A fleet of ships
as well as his
house and land
Three or four
Three fleets of
houses and an
ships, and other
income of 2,000 vessels
ducats from land
Baptista wants to be certain that
Bianca will receive what has been
promised her if Tranio dies before
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his father does.
g. He knows that he cannot make
Lucentio’s father provide the
guarantee that Baptista wants. He
therefore decides to find someone
who will pretend to be his father,
and make a false guarantee.
behaviour,
Am bold to show myself a forward
guest
Within your house, to make mine
eye the witness
Of that report which I so oft have
heard.
The characters
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c. He is alternately complimentary and
ironical.
a.
b.
c.
d.
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c. They are uncivilised and rude to
each other.
Petruchio is the speaker.
He is speaking to Baptista.
He is speaking about Katharine.
He is explaining that he has heard so
many good things about Katharine
that he wanted to come and see for
himself.
Writing
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1. exciting 2. happen 3. marry
4. against 5. old 6. prefer
7. strange 8. house 9. noisy
10. mood 11. whip 12. temper
Focus on language
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a. We wish we’d noticed the cat was ill.
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b. I wish it were Friday. – 2
c. I’m trying to concentrate – I wish
you’d be quiet for a moment. – 1
d. She wishes she hadn’t spent so much
money in London. – 4
e. I wish I could go on holiday. – 1
f. They wish the telephone would stop
ringing. – 1
g. He wishes you wouldn’t park your
car in front of his house. – 1
PART SIX
Understanding the plot
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a. They are both in love with Bianca
and are jealous of each other.
b. He is supposed to be teaching her
Latin.
c. He sees them sitting close to each
other, and very involved in their
conversation.
d. He tells her that he loves her.
e. She pretends that his note is a music
exercise – she says that she prefers
the traditional kind of music
exercises.
f. Petruchio is late for the wedding.
g. He is wearing old, dirty clothes.
h. Baptista has asked Tranio to provide
his father’s guarantee for the
promises he has made about what he
will offer Bianca.
i. He hits the priest, kisses Katharine
passionately, and calls for wine.
j. He refuses to stay for the wedding
feast.
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a. earned – 2
b. hadn’t sold – 4
c. would rain – 1
d. had seen – 4
e. were – 3
f. would marry – 1
g. would stop – 1
h. could – 2
Listening
Page 68 – exercise 6
Tapescript
PETRUCHIO:
I am a gentleman of Verona, sir,
That, hearing of her beauty and her wit,
Her affability and bashful modesty,
Her wondrous qualities, and mild
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Focus on language
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a. had fled
b. had sold
c. had not been
d. had been walking
e. sent / had been burgling
f. published / am / didn’t do
g. had committed
c. He thinks the film is ‘brilliant’.
d. His favourite part of the play is
Petruchio’s arrival at the wedding in
old clothes.
Listening
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PART SEVEN
Writing
Page 80 – exercise 4
Open answer.
Understanding the plot
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a. iv. Katharine falls off her horse.
i. A servant brings hot water into
the room.
v. Petruchio deliberately spills
the water.
ii. Petruchio throws the food onto
the ground.
iii. Petruchio prevents Katharine
from sleeping.
b. Because she was beginning to show a
new gentleness.
c. To prevent her from eating.
d. He is offended that she should fall in
love with a mere tutor.
e.
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SPEAKER ONE:
We’re studying The Taming
of the Shrew at school.
SPEAKER TWO: Do you like it?
SPEAKER ONE: Well, it’s about marriage.
It’s set in Italy, and the plot is a bit
ridiculous. People put on disguises,
and trick each other. And there’s this
character Petruchio … I suppose he’s
quite clever, and everything, but
basically the play seems like an
attack on women to me.
SPEAKER TWO: I remember now! That’s the
play where he treats the girl badly, to
teach her good manners. I’ve seen
the film. I think it’s brilliant! It’s
really funny. I like the part where he
arrives for the wedding in horrible
old clothes.
SPEAKER ONE: Yes, but you see, it just
seems to me that the play puts
women down a lot. I mean, it’s all
right for Petruchio to marry for
money, no one criticises him for that.
But Katharine is a woman, so she has
to be punished for being outspoken
and aggressive.
SPEAKER TWO: I see what you mean.
Maybe you’ve got a point. But aren’t
you being a bit serious about it? It is
a comedy, after all!
SPEAKER ONE: Perhaps you’re right.
Maybe I am.
What Hortensio
believes
What Tranio
knows
About
Tranio
that he is
Lucentio
that he is Tranio
About
Bianca
that she is in
love with a
social inferior
that she is in
love with
Lucentio
About that he is a tutor that he is really
Cambio
Lucentio
About that he is not
himself a tutor
f.
that he is not
Lucentio
He is outraged that she should be
having a love affair with a tutor.
g. Tranio has never wanted to marry
Bianca. He is merely trying to ensure
that she marries Lucentio.
h. Hortensio decides to marry a rich
widow.
i. He tells the old man that anyone
from Mantua is in danger of death if
they are discovered in Padua.
a. The girl thinks the plot of the play is
‘ridiculous’.
b. She sees it as an attack on women.
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Focus on language
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a. cruelly b. hungry c. loudly
d. horrible e. quietly f. dreadfully
g. terribly h. ill i. badly
PART EIGHT
Understanding the plot
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a. She has not eaten or slept since she
came to Petruchio’s house.
b. He takes it away because Katharine
has not thanked him for it, and he
puts it back when she does thank
him.
c. He suggests that they go to Padua to
visit her father.
d. He throws it on the floor.
e. He pretends that she is angry with
the tailor for the poor work he has
done.
f. Katharine will not agree with him
when he says it is seven o’clock. She
insists on correcting his mistake, and
this annoys him.
g. They want the merchant to
impersonate Lucentio’s father, and to
sign the guarantees that Baptista has
insisted upon.
h. He advises Lucentio to marry Bianca
while her father is with Tranio and
the merchant.
Vocabulary
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deliberately – accidentally
frowned – smiled
rose – fell
burnt – uncooked
whispered – shouted
desperate – confident
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a. widow b. to tame
d. tutor e. merchant
c. to chuckle
Discussion point
Page 90 – exercise 6
Open answer.
Shakespeare
and Italian Comedy
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a. False – Two of Shakespeare’s plays
have Italian towns in the title.
b. True
c. False – Suppositi was translated into
English in 1566.
d. False – Gascoigne’s version of
Ariosto’s play was performed before
an audience of lawyers.
e. False – Ariosto’s play contains 24
‘supposes’.
Lucentio
Dulipo
Tranio
Polynesta
Bianca
Cleander
Gremio
Phylogano
Vincentio
Damon
Baptista
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a. which – D
b. who – D
c. who – N
d. who – N
PART NINE
Writing
Page 102 – exercise 4
a. What he thinks is happening: He is
in danger because he comes from
Mantua. Lucentio has asked him to
impersonate his father. Lucentio’s
father knows about the marriage
arrangements between his son and
Bianca.
b. What is really happening: The
danger because he comes from
Mantua is an invention of Tranio’s. It
is actually Tranio who has asked him
to impersonate his father – the
merchant thinks that Tranio is
Lucentio. Lucentio’s father knows
nothing about his son’s love affair
with Bianca.
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Open answer.
Exit test
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1. A 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. B
7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C
Further discussion questions
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Open answer.
Focus on language
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a. The house which we stayed in was
very beautiful. – D
b. The house, which was very
beautiful, was owned by his sister. –
N
c. The people who had bought tickets
for the concert were disappointed
when it was cancelled. – D
d. The people, who had voted for him
for many years, were very sad when
he died. – N
e. The footballer who had scored the
most goals was given a special prize.
–D
f. The footballer, who had scored many
goals, was given a special prize. – N
g. The train which we took was late. – D
h. The train, which had a reputation for
punctuality, arrived one hour late. –
N
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Focus on the context
a. Where and when was William Shakespeare born?
b. What was his wife’s name?
c. What did Shakespeare do when he went to London?
d. Which theatrical company did Shakespeare became a member of?
e. How many plays did he write?
f. What type of play is The Taming of the Shrew?
g. Where is the play mainly set?
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FCE 1 Read the summary of The Taming of the Shrew and think of the word
which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is
an example at the beginning (0).
Example: (0)
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Lucentio fell in love with Bianca. He and Tranio decided to exchange
clothes so that Lucentio could become Bianca’s tutor and Tranio would
pretend to be Lucentio.
1 Answer the following questions.
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The play starts with an induction and is (0) …………. in Warwickshire.
A lord finds Christopher Sly, a drunk tinker, lying on the ground and
decides to play a trick on him. He is taken to the lord’s house and
dressed in magnificent clothes. When he wakes up, he is told that he is
really a lord who has been very ill. He is told that a group of actors is
about to perform a play.
The play is set in Italy. Lucentio, the son of a wealthy merchant,
Vincentio, has arrived in Padua to study at the university. He arrived
with his servant, Tranio. Lucentio and Tranio overheard a conversation
(1) ………….. Baptista and two men, Gremio and Hortensio, both of
whom wanted to marry Baptista’s younger daughter, Bianca. Baptista
decided that no one was to marry Bianca until the (2) ……………..
daughter, Katharine, had found a husband. Gremio and Hortensio
decided to find a husband for Katharine.
Another young man, Petruchio, had also arrived in Padua with his
servant, Grumio. They went to visit Hortensio, (3) ……………. was
pleased to see them. Hortensio told Petruchio (4) …………… his love for
Bianca and eventually agreed to introduce Petruchio, who was looking
for a wife, to Katharine. He explained what Katharine’s behaviour was
(5) ………….., but this only made Petruchio even more determined to
marry her. He spoke to Baptista, who agreed to the marriage if Katharine
accepted Petruchio. Katharine was very angry with (6) …………….
Petruchio and her father, but Petruchio decided on the wedding day and
left. When this decision had been made, Gremio and Tranio spoke to
Baptista about marrying Bianca. Baptista agreed that the most generous
man would marry her. Tranio made the bigger offer but Baptista insisted
on having his father’s guarantee (7) ………………. allowing him to marry
Bianca. Tranio realised that he would have to find someone to pretend
he were Vincentio.
In the (8) …………….., Bianca was having lessons with Hortensio (who
was pretending to be Licio) and Lucentio (who was pretending to be
Cambio). Lucentio told Bianca who he really was. Bianca, who had
never really been interested in either Gremio or Hortensio, fell in love
with Lucentio.
Soon, the day of Katharine’s wedding arrived. Everyone was ready and
waiting for Petruchio to arrive. Katharine was upset and humiliated
because he hadn’t turned (9) …………. and she returned to the house.
Eventually Petruchio arrived but he was dressed in very old, dirty
clothes. The wedding went ahead, although Petruchio behaved very
badly. After the service, he refused to stay for the wedding feast and
took Katharine (10) …………… with him. For several days he treated her
very badly (11) ………………. he was trying to teach her a lesson.
Back at Baptista’s house, Hortensio realised that Bianca was in love
with ‘Cambio’ and decided to marry a rich widow instead. Tranio met
an old merchant who had just arrived in Padua and persuaded him to
play the part of Vincentio. Unfortunately, the real Vincentio arrived in
Padua too. After much confusion, Lucentio and Bianca, who had just got
married, told everyone what had happened, and they both asked their
fathers for (12) ……………. .
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A banquet was held in honour of the married couples: Lucentio and
Bianca, Hortensio and the rich widow, and Petruchio and Katharine.
There was a bet to see which wife was the most obedient and everyone
was surprised to see that it was Katharine – Petruchio had finally
managed to ‘tame’ her!
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2 For questions 1-15, of which of the people A-H are the following
statements true?
A • Lucentio
B • Tranio
C • Baptista
D • Christopher Sly
E • Katharine
F • Bianca
G • Hortensio H • Petruchio
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1. He was a drunk tinker.
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2. He arrived in Padua to study at the university.
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3. He had two daughters.
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4. He was a young man who told Baptista he wanted to marry his
younger daughter.
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5. She was rude and aggressive.
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6. He decided that Katharine had to have a husband before Bianca
could marry.
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7. He fell asleep during the play.
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8. He made up his mind to marry Katharine.
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9. She took lessons with Lycio and Cambio.
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Focus on the context
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a. In Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564.
b. Anne Hathaway.
c. He worked in the theatre, first as an
d.
e.
f.
g.
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4. about
5. like
6. both
7. before
8. meantime
9. up
10. away
11. because
12. forgiveness
actor and then as a playwright.
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
Thirty-eight.
It’s a comedy.
In Italy.
Focus on the story
1
1. between
2. elder
3. who
2
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. G 5. E 6. C
7. D 8. H 9. F 10. F 11. H
12. B 13. F 14. G 15. H
….. 10. She wasn’t in love with either Hortensio or Gremio.
….. 11. He acted very badly towards Katharine.
….. 12. He decided to look for an impostor.
….. 13. She fell in love with Lucentio.
….. 14. He married a rich widow.
….. 15. He had the most obedient wife.
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