The Taming of the Shrew - Key Quotations

Question 1

INDUCTION, S1 - “O _________ beast, how like a _____ he ____!” - Lord

Answer 1

“O MONSTROUS beast, how like a SWINE he LIES!”

Question 2

INDUCTION, S1 - “Sirs, I will ________ on this _______ man” - Lord

Answer 2

“Sirs, I will PRACTICE on this DRUNKEN man”

Question 3

INDUCTION, S2 - “I am your ____ in all _________” - Page

Answer 3

“I am your WIFE in all OBEDIENCE”

Question 4

A1, S1 - “I pray you, sir, is it your ____ / To make a _____ of me amongst these _____?” - Katherina

Answer 4

“I pray you, sir, is it your WILL / To make a STALE of me amongst these MATES?”

Question 5

A1, S1 - “I ____, I ____, I ______” - Lucentio

Answer 5

“I BURN, I PINE, I PERISH”

Question 6

A1, S2 - “I come to ____ it wealthily in _____; / If _________, then _______ in _____” - Petruchio

Answer 6

“I come to WIVE it wealthily in PADUA; / If WEALTHILY, then HAPPILY in PADUA”

Question 7

A1, S2 - “He ____ the _____ of my life in ____, / His ________ daughter, beautiful ______” - Hortensio

Answer 7

“He HATH the JEWEL of my life in HOLD, / His YOUNGEST daughter, beautiful BIANCA”

Question 8

A1, S2 - “Katherine the _____” - Grumio

Answer 8

“Katherine the CURST”

Question 9

A1, S2 - “Have I not in my ____ heard _____ ____?” - Petruchio

Answer 9

“Have I not in my TIME heard LIONS ROAR?”

Question 10

A2, S1 - “I _______, ______ Kate, _____ my _____” / “[Katherina _______ her]” - Bianca

Answer 10

“I PRITHEE, SISTER Kate, UNTIE my HANDS” / “[Katherina STRIKES her]”

Question 11

A2, S1 - “Pray, have you not a ________ / Call’d Katherina, ____ and ________?” - Petruchio

Answer 11

“Pray, have you not a DAUGHTER / Call’d Katherina, FAIR and VIRTUOUS?”

Question 12

A2, S1 - “And where two ______ _____ meet ________ / They do _______ the thing that _____ their ____” - Petruchio

Answer 12

“And where two RAGING FIRES meet TOGETHER / They do CONSUME the thing that FEEDS their FURY”

Question 13

A2, S1 - Hortensio enters “[with his ____ _____]”

Answer 13

Hortensio enters “with his HEAD BROKE”

Question 14

A2, S1 - “with a most _________ ________ spirit” - Hortensio

Answer 14

“with a most IMPATIENT DEVILISH spirit”

Question 15

A2, S1 - “If I be _______, best beware my _____” - Katherina

Answer 15

“If I be WASPISH, best beware my STING”

Question 16

A2, S1 - “And ____ you, ____ you, I will _____ you” - Petruchio

Answer 16

“And WILL you, NILL you, I will MARRY you”

Question 17

A2, S1 - “For I am __ am ____ to ____ you, Kate” - Petruchio

Answer 17

“For I am HE am BORN to TAME you, Kate”

Question 18

A3, S2 - “For such an ______ would vex a very _____, / Much more a _____ of thy impatient ______” - Baptista

Answer 18

“For such an INJURY would vex a very SAINT, / Much more a SHREW of thy impatient HUMOUR”

Question 19

A3, S2 - “An ___-____ to our ______ ________” - Baptista

Answer 19

“An EYE-SORE to our SOLEMN FESTIVAL”

Question 20

A3, S2 - “she’s a ____, a ____, a ____ to him!” - Gremio

Answer 20

“she’s a LAMB, a DOVE, a FOOL to him!”

Question 21

A3, S2 - “Be ___ and _____ - or go ____ yourselves. / But for my _____ Kate, she must with __” - Petruchio

Answer 21

“Be MAD and MERRY - or go HANG yourselves. / But for my BONNY Kate, she must with ME”

Question 22

A3, S2 - “I will be ______ of what is mine own. / She is my _____, my ________; she is my _____” - Petruchio

Answer 22

“I will be MASTER of what is mine own. / She is my GOODS, my CHATTELS; she is my HOUSE”

Question 23

A4, S1 - “By this _________ he is more _____ than she” - Curtis

Answer 23

“By this RECKONING he is more SHREW than she”

Question 24

A4, S1 - “And thus I’ll ____ her mad and __________ humour. / He that knows ______ how to tame a shrew, / Now let him _____” - Petruchio

Answer 24

“And thus I’ll CURB her mad and HEADSTRONG humour. / He that knows BETTER how to take a shrew, / Now let him SPEAK”

Question 25

A4, S2 - “[Tranio disguised as ________ and Hortenio disguised as _____]”

Answer 25

A4, S2 - “[Tranio disguised as LUCENTIO and Hortensio disguised as LITIO]”

Question 26

A4, S2 - “And here I take the like _________ ____ / Never to marry with her” - Tranio

Answer 26

“And here I take the like UNFEIGNED OATH / Never to marry with her”

Question 27

A4, S3 - “The more my _____, the more his _____ appears. / What, did he marry me to ______ me?” - Katherina

Answer 27

“The more my WRONG, the more his SPITE appears. / What, did he marry to FAMISH me?”

Question 28

A4, S5 - “And be it ____ or ___ or whatever you please; / And if you call it a ____-______, / Henceforth I ___ it shall be so for me” - Katherina

Answer 28

“And be it MOON or SUN or whatever you please; / And if you call it a RUSH-CANDLE, / Henceforth I VOW it shall be so for me”

Question 29

A5, S1 - “I will give thee a ____. / Now pray thee, love, ____” - Katherina

Answer 29

“I will give thee a KISS. / Now pray thee, love, STAY”

Question 30

A5, S2 - “Am I your ____? I mean to _____ my ____” - Bianca

Answer 30

“Am I your BIRD? I mean to SHIFT my BUSH”

Question 31

A5, S2 - “Thy husband is thy ____, thy ____, thy ______, / Thy ____, thy _________” - Katherina

Answer 31

“Thy husband is thy LORD, thy LIFE, thy KEEPER, / Thy HEAD, thy SOVEREIGN”

Question 32

A5, S2 - “And when she is _______, _______, ______, ____, / And not obedient to his honest ____, / What is she but a foul contending _____ / And a graceless _______ to her ______ lord?” - Katherina

Answer 32

“And when she is FROWARD, PEEVISH, SULLEN, SOUR, / And not obedient to his honest WILL, / What is she but a foul contending REBEL / And a graceless TRAITOR to her LOVING lord?”

Question 33

A5, S2 - “thou hast tam’d a _____ shrew” - Hortensio

Answer 33

“thou hast tam’d a CURST shrew”