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

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Cell 10: Act v; Scene IIComeCOMING• PETRUCHIOWell, I say no: and <strong>the</strong>re<strong>for</strong>e <strong>for</strong> assuranceLet's each one send unto his wife;And he whose wife is most obedientTo come at first when he doth send <strong>for</strong> her,Shall win <strong>the</strong> wager which we will propose.HORTENSIOContent. What is <strong>the</strong> wager?LUCENTIOTwenty crowns.PETRUCHIOTwenty crowns!I'll venture so much <strong>of</strong> my hawk or hound,But twenty times so much upon my wife.LUCENTIOA hundred <strong>the</strong>n.HORTENSIOContent.PETRUCHIOA match! 'tis done.• Petrucio proposed a bet in which <strong>the</strong>y must put to test whose wifeis most tamed. Who ever has <strong>the</strong> most tamed wife will receive onehundred crowns.• In <strong>the</strong> following line, when Lucentio says, “I’ll have no halves; I’llbear it all myself,” <strong>the</strong> expression, “I’ll bear no halves” showsa) personificationb) apostrophec) aptronymd) autoclesis• What did Petruchio propose?

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