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1 more Tales from Shakespearec Pearson Education Limited 2008 more Tales from Shakespeare - Answer keys of 4 Answer keys LEVEL 5 PENGUIN READERST eacher Support ProgrammeBook key1 a 1 The Taming of the Shrew 2 romeo and juliet 3 Hamlet 4 Othello 5 King Lear 6 The Winter s Tale b Hamlet, King Lear, romeo and juliet , Othello2 companion, duke, earl, friar, heir, lieutenant, noble, oracle, senator, shepherd, shrew3 Open answers4 a 7 b 7 c 3 d 7 e 3 f 7 g 7 h 7 i 7 j 35 a He thinks that Hermione is unfaithful to him. b He thinks that Polixenes is having a relationship with his wife. c Camillo disobeys his orders and does not kill Polixenes. d Paulina tries to defend Hermione.

2 E He thinks that the oracle is a Polixenes b Hermione c Perdita d the statue/Perdita e Florizel f Perdita g Polixenes7 8 Open answers9 a R b C c C d G e R f R g C h R i G j C10 a Lear leaves none of his kingdom to Cordelia because he wrongly believes that she does not love him enough. Cordelia leaves the country because of her father s unjust treatment of her, but she does not stop loving him. Later, Lear recognises his mistake and asks for Cordelia s forgiveness. b Goneril and Regan do not really love their father and treat him cruelly. Lear sees his daughters true lack of love, and their cruel treatment of him leads him to madness. c Cordelia is disgusted by her sisters falseness and lies to their father.

3 Goneril and Regan feel threatened by Cordelia and send an army to defeat her. d Lear is angry with the Earl of Kent for defending Cordelia, and sends him away from the country. Kent still loves Lear and stays in the country to help him, using another name. e The Duke of Burgundy refuses to marry Cordelia when he realises that she has no money, and leaves the court. Cordelia probably does not respect him very much. f Regan and Goneril fall in love with the same man. Goneril kills Regan. g The Duke of Albany does not like Goneril s cruel treatment of her father, but seems powerless to stop it. Later, he has her put in prison for unfaithfulness. Goneril does not really love her husband because she falls in love with another a Goneril and Regan refuse to let Lear keep his soldiers; Cordelia comes to England with an army from France to help her father; Goneril and Regan send an army to defeat Cordelia s army; soldiers take Cordelia to prison and kill her.

4 B Lear prefers to stay outside in a storm than stay under the same roof as his ungrateful daughters; he tries to command the wind and the waves, which is a first sign of his madness; he does not realise how bad the real storm is because the storm inside his head is much worse. c He loves Cordelia although she has no money. He gives her an army to take to England to help her father. d Lear wanders around the fields, wearing a crown of grass and singing to himself when he has gone completely 14 Open answers15 a bad-tempered b rough c dishonest d mad e Petruchio f a man with a thin beard g wants h obey i an old man j lose16 a Baptista is shocked when Petruchio calls Katharine gentle ; he thinks that Petruchio s manners are rough for a lover.

5 B Katharine thinks that Petruchio is mad because of his strange behaviour towards her. She cannot understand why he speaks kindly but acts roughly and illogically. In the end, she learns obedience. c The priest is shocked by Petruchio s loud voice at the wedding; he is knocked over by Petruchio during the wedding Tales from Shakespearec Pearson Education Limited 2008 more Tales from Shakespeare - Answer keys 2 of 4 Answer keys LEVEL 5 PENGUIN READERST eacher Support Programme d Petruchio throws wine into the face of a man with a thin beard. e The dressmaker is shocked when Petruchio says that the dress is badly cut and the material is of poor quality (although he is well paid and given secret excuses for Petruchio s strange behaviour).

6 F Vincentio is shocked when Petruchio addresses him as a young woman. g Lucentio and Hortensio are shocked to see that Petruchio has successfully tamed his a Petruchio is thinking about Katharine. He plans to tame her by saying the opposite of what she expects. b Katharine is saying that she would rather see Petruchio hanged than marry him. c Petruchio is saying that Katharine cannot sleep in the bed because it is badly made. He plans to tame her by preventing her from sleeping (and eating). d The servants are talking to Katharine when she secretly asks them for food. e Katharine is talking to Petruchio about the sun, which he has just said is the moon. She is learning to obey him, however madly he behaves.

7 F Katharine apologises to Vincentio for addressing him as a young woman. g Lucentio is talking about Katharine s obedience to her husband. h Bianca says this when Katharine obeys her husband by throwing her cap to the floor. i Katharine says this at the end of the story, because Petruchio has told her 19 Open answers20 a romeo b Lord Capulet c juliet d Friar Lawrence e Mercutio f romeo g juliet h Friar Lawrence i romeo j Paris21 a Tybalt hates romeo because he is a Montague. romeo hates Tybalt because he kills Mercutio. b juliet trusts Friar Lawrence. Friar Lawrence helps juliet with her secret marriage to romeo and tries to help her escape from marriage with Paris.

8 C Paris loves juliet . juliet is not interested in Paris because she is already married to romeo . d Paris hates romeo because, at juliet s grave, he thinks that romeo is doing shameful acts to the dead bodies . romeo does not want to fight Paris, but he has no romeo went uninvited to a party see Rosaline, whom he loved. At midnight/That night, he visited juliet in her garden, then asked Friar Lawrence, a friend of the Capulets, to marry them. Soon after the marriage, romeo killed juliet s cousin in a fight and took shelter with Friar Lawrence, who advised him not to kill himself / to leave Verona. After seeing juliet , romeo left for Mantua. Lord Capulet, who did not know about his daughter s marriage to romeo , wanted her to marry the prince s nephew, Paris.

9 juliet drank some medicine which Friar Lawrence had given her and pretended to be dead. romeo , who had not heard about juliet s plan, returned to Verona and poisoned himself because he thought that juliet was really dead. juliet woke up and killed herself with romeo s knife. The Capulets and Montagues made peace with each Open answers24 a brother b uncle c wife d former/dead husband e sister25 a 7 b 3 c 6 d 2 e 5 f 9 g 1 h 10 i 4 j 826 a The ghost tells Hamlet to take revenge on Claudius for murdering his father; when she sees her son talking to the ghost in her room, Gertrude is frightened and believes that Hamlet is mad. b Hamlet pretends to be mad in order to hide his true intentions from Claudius; Ophelia goes mad after Hamlet has killed her father; she kills herself as a result of her madness, which makes it easy for Claudius to persuade Laertes to kill Hamlet.

10 C Claudius is upset by the play that is performed in the castle; Hamlet, who has had doubts, sees this as proof that Claudius is guilty of his father s murder. d Claudius poisons Hamlet s father; the play in the castle is about a duke who is poisoned by a relative; Gertrude drinks poison that is intended for Hamlet; Hamlet and Laertes both die from the same poisoned sword; Hamlet kills Claudius with the poisoned 29 Open answersMore Tales from Shakespearec Pearson Education Limited 2008 more Tales from Shakespeare - Answer keys of 4 Answer keys LEVEL 5 PENGUIN READERST eacher Support Programme30 a money > stories b Desdemona > Othello c Brabantio s > Othello s d Cassio s > Iago s e Othello > Desdemona f protect > destroy g jewellery > handkerchief h hits > kisses i without > after31 a 2 b 5 c 4 d 6 e 3 f 132 42 Open answersDiscussion activities key1 4 Open answers5 a They started in 1807.