Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew Concluding Act III

Roule Rivera 1st Period Shakespeare’s Taming of the ShrewConcluding Act III

Standards • RL11-12.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. • RL11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text. • RL11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed)

QUIZ • Answer these questions on Induction to ACT III

REVIEW OF THE QUIZ • Swap with someone

#1 Which character is late for Katherine and Petruchio’s wedding? • (A) Petruchio • (B) Biondello • (C) The pedant • (D) Baptista

#2 Who becomes Bianca’s music teacher? • (A) Gremio • (B) Lucentio • (C) Hortensio • (D) Grumio

#3 Which character is Petruchio’s servant? • (A) Gremio • (B) Grumio • (C) Biondello • (D) Hortensio

#4 How does Lucentio declare his love for Bianca? • (A) Through a clever music lesson • (B) Through a sonnet he leaves on her pillow • (C) By whispering in her ear • (D) Through a Latin translation

#5 Where is most of the play set? • (A) Padua • (B) Verona • (C) Venice • (D) Warwickshire

#6 Whom does Baptista believe to be Lucentio for most of the play? • (A) Lucentio • (B) Hortensio • (C) Biondello • (D) Tranio

#7 How does Petruchio prevent Kate from eating after their marriage? • (A) He tells her she is too fat. • (B) He says that the food is not good enough for her. • (C) He simply forbids her. • (D) He tells her that the food is poisoned.

#8 What is Christopher Sly’s profession? • (A) Tinker • (B) Tailor • (C) Soldier • (D) Spy

#9 Who is Bianca’s father? • (A) Tranio • (B) Gremio • (C) Baptista • (D) Petruchio

#10 Who tricks Sly? • (A) A knight • (B) A lord • (C) A king • (D) A priest

#11 Who becomes Bianca’s Latin teacher? • (A) Tranio • (B) Hortensio • (C) Grumio • (D) Lucentio

#12 How does Petruchio set his wedding date? • (A) He asks Kate when she would like to be married. • (B) He falsely claims that Kate has agreed to marry him on Sunday. • (C) He consults Baptista. • (D) He consults Biondello.

#13 What is a “shrew,” as defined by this play? • (A) A burrowing creature that often ruined Italian gardens • (B) A chauvinistic and overbearing man • (C) An ill-tempered and disobedient woman • (D) An old man who tries to marry a young girl

#14 Why does Petruchio agree to marry Kate? • (A) He wants her father’s money. • (B) He likes her personality. • (C) He is desperately lonely. • (D) He is drunk.

#15 How are Bianca and Kate related? • (A) They are cousins. • (B) Bianca is Kate’s daughter. • (C) Kate is Bianca’s niece. • (D) They are sisters.

Act #3-Visuals • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EKExLzy9kU • 4:00-9:40 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P6ncbMnh9s • 0:00-11:26

Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew Concluding Act III