Revision – The Taming of the Shrew

1. Name Baptista’s two daughters?

Katharine and Bianca

2. Why did people call Katherine a shrew?

Because she is always scolding and insulting people

3. Why did Baptista say that Katherine must be married before Bianca?

Because what will people say if they hear that the younger child married
before the older.

4. Who was Petruchio?

A rich young man from Verona

5. Why did Petruchio go to Padua?

To ask Baptista if he can marry Katharine.

6. Who was Hortensio?

Petruchio’s friend who is one of Bianca’s admirers.

7. What are the differences between Katherine and Petruchio?

Petruchio is noble, kind and gentle while Katharine is insulting, unkind and
always scolding people.

8. Who pretended to be a musician?

9. What happened to the musician?

He was struck by the lute by Katharine when he tried correcting her

10. How did Petruchio convince Katherine to marry him?

By taming her and using kind and gentle words

11.How did Petruchio come for the wedding?

He came in a old horse which was very skinny and he was wearing rags and
was carrying a sword which was very rusty and was blunt.

12.What happened to Katherine on her way to Petruchio’s house?

She fell down from her horse and was underneath it

13. Name 2 things Katherine did unwillingly just to avoid Petruchio’s anger.

She agreed that it was the moon that was shining brightly, and she agreed
that it was women and not an old man.

14.Who married Bianca?

Lucentio
15.How did Petruchio prove that he tamed the shrew?
By teaching her how annoying it is to have someone scolding and insulting
people all the time.

Revision – King Lear

1. Name King Lear’s daughters.

Goneril, Regan and Cordelia

2. Name the 2 daughters who were greedy.

Goneril and Regan

3. Name the daughter who disappointed Lear.

Cordelia

4. Why did Lear send the Earl of Kent away?

He asked to show sympathy to cordelia

5. Name the 2 sons of the Earl of Gloucester.

Edmund and Edgar

6. When King Lear visited Goneril, what did she do to his knights?
She dismissed 50 of them.
7. Who was Caius?

The Earl of Kent in disguise

8. Was Regan ready to welcome her father? Why?

Nope, she didn’t want him so she travelled somewhere else and said that
she is not at home.

9. Why did Regan leave her palace?

So she doesn’t have to take care of her old father.

10.Why was Caius taken prisoner?

Because he came to say that the king will come to regans palace if she
likes it or no

11.When Lear went to meet Regan to Gloucester’s castle, what did the Earl
tell him?

That they are tired after their long and tiring journey and don’t want to
see him right now.

12. What did Regan ask Lear to do?

To go and beg Goneril for forgiveness.

13.Who took Lear to the hut?

The Earl of Kent and the fool
14.Why was ‘Poor Tom’ living in a hut?

Because his brother just like Goneril and Regan lied to their father about
loving him so much and the father believed him and gave all the power to
Edmund(Earl Of Gloucester’s younger son)

15.Who put the Earl of Gloucester’s eyes out? Why?

The eyes were put out by Regan and her husband for helping king lear.

16. Why did the Earl of Kent go to France?

To inform Cordelia of her father

17. What did Cordelia do after knowing about Lear?

Begged her husband to send a French army to fight for him.

18. Who led the French army?

Edgar and the Earl of Kent.

19. Who led the English army?

Duke of Albany, Cornwal and Edmund

20.Which army won the battle?

The English army

21.Whom did Edmund love? Why did he do so?

22.What did Goneril do to Regan?

Poisoned her

23.What happened to Edmund?

He was killed by his brother in a battle

24.What happened to Cordelia and Lear?

Cordelia was murdered by Edmund and Lear died of sorrow by this act

25.Who became the King of England?

Duke of Albany