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The Taming of the Shrew: Jeopardy Game

Test your knowledge with questions related to characters, themes, and Elizabethan theater in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."

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The Taming of the Shrew: Jeopardy Game

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  1. Jeopardy 42 Squares let's play click here

  2. 20 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Katherine • Which woman is the Shrew in the play?

  3. 40 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Bianca • Which woman/sister do all the men want to marry?

  4. 60 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Petruchio • Who marries Katharina?

  5. 80 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Lucentio • Who disguises himself as Cambio?

  6. 100 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Hortensio • Who disguises himself as Licio?

  7. 120 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Pedant • Who disguises himself as Vincentio?

  8. 20 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Padua • Where does most of this play take place?

  9. 40 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Gremio • Who was Bianca’s old (age) suitor?

  10. 60 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Hortensio • Who marries the rich widow?

  11. 80 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Kindness • Petruchio plans to kill his wife with ______?

  12. 100 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Reverse psychology • When Petruchio first meets Katherina, he plans to use the strategy in dealing with her. What is it?

  13. 120 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Falcon or Hawk • Petruchio compares his training of Kate to that of a _____________. • (a kind of bird)

  14. 20 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Katherine • “My tongue will tell the anger of my heart,/Or else my heart, concealing it, will break.”

  15. 40 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Petruchio • “I am as peremptory as she proud-minded:/…For I am rough and woo not like a babe.”

  16. 60 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Tranio • “I am content to be Lucentio,/ Because so well I love Lucentio.”

  17. 80 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Vincentio • “While I play the good husband at home, my son and my servant spend all at the university.”

  18. 100 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Baptista • “The gain I seek is quiet in the match.”

  19. 120 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Grumio • “Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters, and all foul ways.”

  20. 20 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Appearances vs. Reality • Having many characters in disguise relates to which theme?

  21. 40 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Money • What initally motivates Petruchio to marry Katherina?

  22. 60 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Motivation • Throughout the play, we see Kate undergo several changes in her character. These changes relate to which theme?

  23. 80 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Answers will vary • List 3 ways characters “act out of kindness.”

  24. 100 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Answers will vary. • List 3 Elizabethan qualities for an “ideal wife.”

  25. 120 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 You have 1 minute more • List the 3 themes we discussed in connection to The Taming of the Shrew.

  26. 20 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 True • True or False: • Elizabethans believed in love at first site.

  27. 40 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Dowery • Marriages were usually arranged in Elizabethan times. What the “wife” brought to the marriage was called the ______________.

  28. 60 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Answers will vary. • List 3 inappropriate behaviors Petruchio exhibited at his wedding to Katharina?

  29. 80 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Answers will vary. • List 3 socially acceptable activities for Bianca, Katherina, and the women of their time.

  30. 100 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Answers will vary. • What were 3 responsibilities a wealthy young man had to his family when he traveled or attended school in another city? (Think Lucentio.)

  31. 120 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Answers will vary. • List 3 duties a woman owes to her husband according to Katherina’s Act V, sc II monologue.

  32. 20 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 The Globe • Name Shakespeare’s theater.

  33. 40 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 A penny • How much did an average person pay to enter the theater?

  34. 60 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Round or circular • The theaters of Shakespeare’s time were usually this shape.

  35. 80 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 They flew a flag. • How did the theaters advertise that they were running a play that day?

  36. 100 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Groundlings • The people who stood on all three sides of the raised stage were called this.

  37. 120 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Answers will vary. • List 3 features of an Elizabethan theater.

  38. 20 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 William • Shakepeare’s first name is…

  39. 40 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Strattford on Avon • Where was he born?

  40. 60 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Answers will vary. • Name 3 jobs Shakespeare had connected to life in the theater.

  41. 80 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 The Lord Chamberlain’s Men or The King’s Men • Give the name of one of the acting companies to which Shakespeare belonged.

  42. 100 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 Queen Elizabeth I • Who ruled England and financially supported the arts so people like Shakespeare could be successful?

  43. 120 Points 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 1 He died on that same date 52 years later. • What was unusual about Shakespeare’s birthday? (April 23)

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