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

Cell #9O, sir, his lackey, for all the world caparisoned like the horse; with alinen stock on one leg and a kersey boot-hose on the other, garteredwith a red and blue list; an old hat and 'the humour of forty fancies'pricked in't for a feather: a monster, a very monster in apparel, andnot like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.Biondello makes fun of the person who came along with Petruchio. Hesays that Petruchio’s lackey is dressed like a monster, and not like aChristian footboy.Who does Biondello make fun of?In the quote above, the word caparisoned most closely means:a.) making a comparisonb.) wearing an ornamental covering for a horsec.) washing a collared shirt, stitched with the finest silkd.) eating an iron horseshoeWhat do you think a Christian footboy should look like?Consider the following sentence from the text and decide which of thechoices below is the best contemporary paraphrase:“He wrings him by the ears.”a.) He squeezes him by the ears.b.) He squeezed him by the ears.c.) He squeezing him by the ears.d.) He squeezely him by the ears.