Taming of the Shrew

Foils are characters presented as precise opposites for the purpose of highlighting contrast. Which two characters from the play best fit this description?

• Baptista and Vincentio

• Petruchio and Grumio

• Lucentio and Hortensio

• Bianca and Katherine

Because she transforms by the end of the play, Katherine is best described as a ... character.

• static

• dynamic

• protagonist

• antagonist

A drunken tinker fooled into believing he is a lord

• Petruchio

• Lucentio

• Tranio

• Christopher Sly

“For I am…born to tame you, Kate,/ And bring you from a wild Kate to a…household Kate.” – This is an example of which literary device?

• irony

• metaphor

• pun

• simile

Father of Katherine and Bianca

• Baptista

• Vincentio

• Grumio

• Petruchio

One of Bianca's suitors who eventually marries a widow

• Gremio

• Lucentio

• Hortensio

• Petruchio

A servant repeatedly mocked for his short stature

• Grumio

• Hortensio

• Petruchio

• Vincentio

Suitors pursue her for her beauty and affability

• Katherine

• Bianca

• Widow

• Cordelia

Katherine smashes this over Hortensio's head

• a pie

• a lute

• a book

• a chair

What is a shrew?

• a strong-willed woman who won't be quiet

• a poisonous rodent with razor sharp teeth

• a type of footwear

• an aristocrat