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

Act I. Scene I. Padua. A public place.Cell # 8 - “I killed a man."BiondelloI, sir! ne'er a whitLucentioSirrah, come hither: 'tis no time tojest,And therefore frame your mannersto the time.Your fellow Tranio here, to save mylife,Puts my apparel and mycountenance on,And I for my escape have put on his;For in a quarrel since I came ashoreI kill'd a man and fear I wasdescried:Wait you on him, I charge you, asbecomes,While I make way from hence tosave my life:You understand me?Lucentio tells Biondello that he had killed a man and now Tranio iscovering for him. Biondello agrees not to tell anyone.What is Lucentio's plan? What does Biondello say about it?“Puts my apparel and my countenance on,”In the quote, countenance most closely mean:A) voice of SamB) facial expressionC) clothes of a transientD) speech of a cowWhat do you think would happen if Biondello did not believe Lucentio?