Study guide for The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare ...

Cell # 6(To Tranio) Signior Lucentio, this is the ‘pointed day. That Katharinaand Petruchio should be married, And yet we hear not of our son-inlaw.What would be said? What mockery will it be, to want thebridegroom when the priest attends, to speak the ceremonial rites ofmarriage! What says Lucentio to this shame of ours?It is Katharina’s wedding day, but her soon-to-be husband, Petruchio,hasn’t shown up. Baptista is telling Tranio, who is disguised asLucentio, what the people might say.Who is Katharina’s soon-to-be husband?In the quote above, the word mockery most closely means:a.) honor and respectb.) jealousy and envyc.) scorn and ridiculed.) joy and happinessDo you think Baptista is so upset that he wouldn’t let Petruchio marryKatharina because he’s so late, or will her father be happy to get rid ofher late, early, or any time? Why or why not?Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of thechoices below is the best contemporary paraphrase:“Now, go thy ways, thou hast tamed a curst shrew.”a.) Go ur’e own way, now that you have controlled this well-temperedlady.b.) Go you’re own way, now that you have controlled this temperedlady.c.) Go your own way, now that you have controlled this ill-temperedlady.