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

Cell #8Why, Petruchio is coming in a new hat and an old jerkin, a pair of oldbreeches thrice turned, a pair of boots that have been candle-cases,one buckled, another laced, an old rusty sword ta'en out of the townarmory,with a broken hilt, and chapeless; with two broken points: hishorse hipped with anold mothy saddle and stirrups of no kindred.Biondello, one of Lucentio’s servants tells everybody that Petruchio iscoming. Biondello describes Petrucio’s entrance and what he looks like.What are three things that Petruchio is wearing?In the quote above, the word jerkin most closely means:a.) a tunicb.) a collared shirtc.) a rusty broochd.) a jacket with no sleevesBy the description, do you think Petruchio is well-dressed for hiswedding?Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of thechoices below is the best contemporary paraphrase:“I’ll pheeze you, in faith.”a.) I’ll truley get even with you.b.) I’ll truly get even with you.c.) I’ll truly got even with you.d.) I’ll trulley get even with you.