Which two characters are described as being tutored by the disguised tutor?

• A. Bianca and Katherine
• B. Petruchio and Katharine
• C. Gremio and Hortensio
• D. Lucentio and Cambio

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is how disguise is used to run a tutoring plot, with a tutor in disguise teaching two characters. In the play, a young student arrives in Padua and adopts a disguise as a tutor to win the affections of Bianca. That tutor is associated with Bianca as his pupil, so Bianca is clearly described as being taught by a disguised tutor. The broader narrative around the sisters also centers on education and instruction as a social instrument, so Katharine is engaged in the same world of instruction that the disguise activates, making her part of the same tutoring dynamic in the plot. The other pair doesn’t align with the disguise-tutor/student relationship as clearly: the other options either mix up the tutor’s identity or pair characters who aren’t depicted as education-focused pupils of a disguised instructor.