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

Act I. Scene ii“Argument”Quote: Grumio- “Knock at the gate! O heavens! Spake you not thesewords plain, ‘Sirrah, knock me here, rap me here, knock me well, andknock me soundly’? And come you now with, knocking at the gate’?”Petruchio- “Sirrah, be gone, or talk not I advise you.”Summary: In this scene, Grumio and Petruchio continue to argue.Grumio just makes it harder for them to get what they want. Petruchiotells Grumio to stop talking.RCQ: What are Grumio and Petruchio still doing?VQ: In the quote above, the word spake most closely means,a.) triedb.) stoppedc.) spoked.) wonderedDQ: Why do you think Grumio doesn’t want to knock the gate?GQ: Petruchio- “Such winds as scatters young men through the world,To seek their fortunes farther than at home Where small experiencegrows.”a.) “Young men scatter. They also. They seek fortune far away.”b.) “We need to find those men that are scattered for thefortune.”c.) “Experience grows on trees.”d.) “Men are thrown around to experience things in the world.”