Past paper questions
(SECTION A)
1. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of
the play as a whole (ACT 1, SCENE 1) “You will be my
schoolmaster… Would twere done”.
2. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of
the play as a whole. (INDUCTION 2) “Will’t please your mightiness to
wash your hands?... we shall ne’er be younger.”
3. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of
the play as a whole. (ACT 5, SCENE 2) “Katherine, I charge thee, tell
these headstrong women…she will be tamed so.”
4. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of
the play as a whole (ACT 2, SCENE 1) “Good sister, wrong me not,
nor wrong yourself… called Katherina”
(SECTION B)
5. ‘Katherina’s transformation into an obedient wife provides an
uplifting end to the comedy.’ To what extent do you agree with this
view?
6. ‘Even though this is a play about courtship and marriage, romantic
love is absent.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
7. ‘Katherina is a clever woman who beats Petruchio at his own game.’
To what extent do you agree with this view?
8. Explore the significance of the play’s title to the comedy of The
Taming of the Shrew.
9. ‘Audiences enjoy Petruchio’s amusing and playful taming of
Katherina.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
10. ‘The servants in the play are resourceful characters who make
things happen.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
11. ‘If the audience find the ending of The Taming of the Shrew
funny then they are the intellectual equivalent of the drunken tinker,
Christopher Sly.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
(SECTION A)
1. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of
the play as a whole (ACT 1, SCENE 1) “You will be my
schoolmaster… Would twere done”.
2. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of
the play as a whole. (INDUCTION 2) “Will’t please your mightiness to
wash your hands?... we shall ne’er be younger.”
3. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of
the play as a whole. (ACT 5, SCENE 2) “Katherine, I charge thee, tell
these headstrong women…she will be tamed so.”
4. Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the comedy of
the play as a whole (ACT 2, SCENE 1) “Good sister, wrong me not,
nor wrong yourself… called Katherina”
(SECTION B)
5. ‘Katherina’s transformation into an obedient wife provides an
uplifting end to the comedy.’ To what extent do you agree with this
view?
6. ‘Even though this is a play about courtship and marriage, romantic
love is absent.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
7. ‘Katherina is a clever woman who beats Petruchio at his own game.’
To what extent do you agree with this view?
8. Explore the significance of the play’s title to the comedy of The
Taming of the Shrew.
9. ‘Audiences enjoy Petruchio’s amusing and playful taming of
Katherina.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
10. ‘The servants in the play are resourceful characters who make
things happen.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
11. ‘If the audience find the ending of The Taming of the Shrew
funny then they are the intellectual equivalent of the drunken tinker,
Christopher Sly.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?
