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

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Cell 3: Patricia Enters“PETRUCHIOYou wrong me, Signior Gremio: give me leave.I am a gentleman <strong>of</strong> Verona, sir,That, hearing <strong>of</strong> her beauty and her wit,Her affability and bashful modesty,Her wondrous qualities and mild behavior,Am bold to show myself a <strong>for</strong>ward guestWithin your house, to make mine eye <strong>the</strong> witnessOf that report which I so <strong>of</strong>t have heard.And, <strong>for</strong> an entrance to my entertainment,I do present you with a man <strong>of</strong> mine….”Petruchio basically tells Baptista where he came from and that he hadheard <strong>of</strong> a lady named Katharina. He <strong>the</strong>n introduces his“entertainment.”Where is Petruchio from?In <strong>the</strong> quote above <strong>the</strong> word affability most closely means…a) Evilnessb) Crazinessc) Friendlinessd) MeannessWhat kind <strong>of</strong> “entertainment” do you think Patricia brought with him?Consider <strong>the</strong> following sentence from <strong>the</strong> text and decide which <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>choices below is <strong>the</strong> best contemporary paraphrase: “Am bold to showmyself a <strong>for</strong>ward guest….”a) I present myself as a guest..

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