What do Tranio and Biondello try to get away with when Vincentio arrives?

• A. Hide Vincentio's Identity
• B. Arrest Vincentio and Call Him a Mad Man
• C. Offer Vincentio a Bribe
• D. Exile Vincentio from Town

Answer: (B)

The situation tests how deception and disguise are kept intact under pressure. Tranio and Biondello are helping Lucentio maintain his ruse by posing as Lucentio himself. When the real Vincentio arrives, their carefully staged impersonation could be exposed, so they act to neutralize the threat to their deceit. Their move is to seize Vincentio and present him as a madman, effectively removing him from the scene and justifying his supposed insanity to others rather than letting him challenge the imposture.

That’s why the option involving arrest and declaring him mad fits best. The other ideas—hiding Vincentio’s identity, bribing him, or exiling him—don’t align with the immediate action taken to protect the disguise in that moment.