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

The taming of the shrew Scene 2Cell 3Second ServantDost thou love pictures? we will fetch thee straightAdonis painted by a running brook,And Cytherea all in sedges hid,Which seem to move and wanton with her breath,Even as the waving sedges play with wind.The second servant is asking the lord if he loves picturesIn the following sentence, when the second servant says “Dost thoulove pictures,” this shows that the servant isa) saying he hates picturesb) asking if the lord likes picturesc) wants to take pictures of himselfd) wants to paintWhat is the servant doing?In the quote above the word sedges most closely meansa) flowering treesb) tree-like flowersc) grasslike plantsd) plantish animalsConsider the following sentence from the textand decide which of the choices below is thebest contemporary paraphrase:How fares my noble lord?a) how are you doing my lord?b) Where is my noble lord?c) Is my lord gone?d) I am the lord