Induction Scene 1

Questions

1. Where does the induction begin?
2. What do the Hostess and Christopher Sly argue about?
3. What does Sly threaten to do to the Hostess?
4. Where does the Hostess say that Sly belongs when he threatens to beat her?
5. Who does Sly claim to be a descendant of?
6. What does Sly refuse to pay for?
7. What play does Sly misquote lines from?
8. What are the Lord and the Huntsmen talking about when they come across Sly asleep on the ground?
9. What does the Lord call Sly?
10. What does the Lord plan to do to teach Sly a lesson?
11. What does the Lord plan to trick Sly into believing?
12. What does the Lord tell his crew to pretend about Sly when putting the plan into action?
13. What does the Lord demand in exchange for letting the actors crash for the night?
14. What are the actors told not to do when putting on a play for Sly?
15. Who does the Lord want to play Sly's wife?
16. What pointers does the Lord give about how to play the role of an obedient nobleman's wife?
17. Why does the Lord run off to the bedroom?

Answers

1. In front of a bar in the English countryside
2. Sly trashing the tavern
3. Beat her
4. In the "stocks"
5. Richard the Conqueror
6. Some broken beer mugs
7. The Spanish Tragedy
8. How awesome their hunting dogs are
9. A "monstrous beast" and a "swine"
10. Play an elaborate prank
11. That he's a nobleman instead of a drunken beggar
12. That he's a great lord whose recent illness has his wife super-upset
13. Some entertainment
14. Laugh when he acts like a hillbilly who's never seen a play before
15. His best boy servant, Bartholomew
16. What she should wear, how she should speak and act, and what to do if Bart can't make himself cry on cue
17. To supervise the plan so his servants don't mess it up