Which statement best describes Bianca's tutoring arrangement?

• A. Hortensio
• B. Lucentio
• C. Baptista
• D. Cambio

Answer: (D)

Bianca’s tutoring arrangement is best described as Lucentio’s disguise as a Latin tutor named Cambio. In Padua, Baptista arranges Bianca’s education and hires a tutor; Lucentio falls for Bianca and, to win her and pursue his plan, pretends to be a skilled tutor. He and his servant Tranio present themselves to Baptista as Cambio and his master, with Cambio giving Bianca Latin lessons. This disguise is the mechanism that links Bianca’s studies to Lucentio’s courtship, making Cambio the tutor associated with Bianca in the story. Hortensio is another would-be tutor who also disguises himself (as a music teacher), but that arrangement isn’t the one most closely describing Bianca’s education in the scene. Baptista is the father overseeing Bianca’s schooling and matches, not the tutor. Lucentio is the person behind the disguise, but the tutoring arrangement is specifically identified by the name Cambio.