Tales from Shakespeare

What wager is involved in the final part of Taming of the Shrew?

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At the end of Taming of the Shrew, Katharine and Petruchio visit Baptista, where two other newly wedded couples are present: Bianca and Lucentio and Hortensio and his bride. Petruchio wins a wager about which of the wives is the most obedient and submissive. Katharine is famous from that day forth as the most obedient and duteous wife in Padua.