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

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Cell 3: Scene I, Act I. Padua. A public place.“Gentlemen, content ye; I am resolved: Go in, Bianca:And <strong>for</strong> I know she taketh most delight In music, instruments, andpoetry, Schoolmasters will I keep within my house, Fit to instruct heryouth. If you, Hortensio, Or Signior Gremio, you know any such, Prefer<strong>the</strong>m hi<strong>the</strong>r; <strong>for</strong> to cunning men I will be very kind, and liberal”Be<strong>for</strong>e Baptista leaves, he asks Hortensio and Gremio to find a tutor<strong>for</strong> Bianca. <strong>The</strong>n men agree to do so.What does Baptista ask <strong>the</strong> men to do?In <strong>the</strong> quote above <strong>the</strong> word cunning most closely means______.a) smart c) activeb) crafty d) dumbWhat do you think Hortensio and Gremio will do next?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: “<strong>The</strong>re be a goodfellows in <strong>the</strong> world, an a man could light on <strong>the</strong>m, would take herwith all faults, and money enough.”a) Any man in need <strong>of</strong> <strong>for</strong>tune will marry Katharina <strong>for</strong> her largedowry.b) For her large dowry, any man in need <strong>of</strong> <strong>for</strong>tune will marryKatharina.c) Katharina large in dowry will marry any man in need <strong>of</strong> <strong>for</strong>tune.d) Large in dowry in need <strong>of</strong> <strong>for</strong>tune any man will marry Katharina.

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