E4 Summative Review

What problem does the knight encounter during his quest?

• People offer only vague answers to his question.
• One year is not enough time to fulfill his promise.
• People cannot agree about what women want.
• His lovely young wife becomes a homely old woman.

The Wife of Bath most likely retells the story of Midas to show that

• she has read the works of Ovid.
• all that glitters is not gold.
• women cannot keep secrets.
• men are similar to donkeys.

If the old woman can save his life, the knight promises to

• marry her.
• do whatever she asks.
• spare her from his sword.
• bequeath his whole establishment upon her.

What does the knight tell the queen that women want?

• power over their husbands.
• freedom to do as they please.
• the opportunity to meet their Heavenly King.
• wealth and treasure, flattery and pleasure.

What is the first reason the knight gives for being unable to marry the woman?

• She is too old and ugly.
• He is of higher rank than she.
• God has forbidden him to wed.
• A great anguish churns inside his head.

Before the old woman transforms herself, she

• convinces the knight to become a Christian.
• torments the knight and rebukes his gentility.
• cites the work of Roman philosophers to show her intellectual superiority.
• tries to reform the knight’s judgments and values.

The reader can infer that Mallam Sile is not well respected in the village because he

• is rude and arrogant.
• tries to cheat people.
• refuses to stand up for himself.
• is a devoutly religious man.

The reader can infer from the fight described in lines 328–398 that Abeeba is

• strong and tenacious.
• frightened but determined.
• mean and vindictive.
• sneaky and intelligent.

How does Anneke represent the kind of woman the author is talking about in lines 15–16, “Women feel such pressure to be everything, do everything. . . . Career, kids, art, politics”?

• She is the mother of many children.
• She is well educated.
• She juggles several different roles.
• She is ambitious.

When the author says in lines 40–41 that “I’m convinced the past we must contend with is deeper even than speech,” he means that

• the past is not something we can talk about.
• there are no words to convey the pain of the past.
• the battle of the sexes will go on forever.
• men’s and women’s roles are deeply rooted in our species.