Quiz 23 Flashcards
In what year was the first commercial public theater of the world built just outside London?
1576
T/F: WS uses the do+ as a regulating auxiliary more than most writers in his time
False
Specify as PD or S the views of the audience an character of the dramatic problem(s) faced in the following types of drama:
Comedy Tragedy Melodrama
Chara. PD S PD
Aud. S PD PD
Taming of the shrew has three plots. Which one of the three cannot be found in precious literature?
a. the Sly Plot b. The Bianca plot c. the Kate plot
c. The Kate Plot
What is the means/method of “taming” in earlier dramas about shrewish wives?
Violence
In the two videos shown in class a. Zefferelli’s with Burton& Taylor or b. American Conservatory theatre’s comedia del arte production which portrayed Petruchio as most competent?
b. American Conservatory
what kind of play does the page (wife) say they are about to see?
A kind of History
Lucentio says he has come to Padua to study. what does he say will he study?
Virtue and philosophy
when Kate says “put finger in eye” whose finger does she mean and whose eye?
Both of Biancas
For what does Lucentio say “I burn, I pine, I perish”?
The love of Bianca
T/F: Gremio greatly admires learning
True
On what condition do both Petruchio and Baptista agree on dowry & Inheritance, what must be well obtained?
Kates love
What does Kate do with the lute?
Breaks it over Hortensio’s head
What will Petruchio say if Kate rails at him?
She sings as sweet as a nightengale
T/F: Kate is hopeful that Petruchio won’t show up for their wedding?
False
Petruchio says he must leave. When does Kate say she will leave?
When she pleases herself
Of what does Petruchio insist that he’ll be master?
of what is his own
What does Petruchio ask if anyone in the audience knows?
How to tame a shrew
Why does Kate beat on Grumio?
He brings her mustard without beef
According to Petruchio, what truly “makes the body rich”?
The mind
To what does Kate agree about the sun and moon?
They are what he pleases
WHat have “bleared thine [Baptista’s] eyne?
Counterfit supposes
What does Petruchio want before he will go into Lucentios house?
A kiss form Kate
what doe Biondello say that the widow asks?
For him to come to her
According to Kate, to what does a husband commit himself that justifies a wife’s duty?
Painful labor
