The Wife of Bath

At the beginning of the Wife of Bath's tale, the knight is given a __________ to find out what women most desire.

• book

• year and a day

• wife

• week

To illustrate women's inability to keep a secret, we are told the story of _________.

• Adam and Eve

• the distressed maiden

• the miller's wife

• King Midas

Finally, the knight meets __________ and is told what women most desire.

• twenty-four ladies

• an old woman

• a fair damsel

• Ovid

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The knight promises that if he is told the correct answer, he will _____________.

• do whatever he is asked to do

• go on a pilgrimage

• give up knight errantly

• become a priest

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Having given the correct answer, the knight must now fulfill his pledge and

• serve the queen

• marry the maiden

• be a slave to the wizard

• marry the old woman

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The bride tells her knight that a gentleman or a lady is one who

• is of noble birth

• is kind and considerate

• has money

• knows how to read and write

When the knight draws the curtain to kiss his wife, he discovers that she is

• old and ugly

• fat and covered with warts

• young and lovely

• waiting for him with a dagger

  
  

What was the answer that saved the knight's life?

• Women want to be flattered and cosseted.

• Women want money.

• Women want jollity and pleasure.

• Women want the self-same sovereignty over their husbands as over her lover.

The knight has four complaints about his wife; which one of the following is not a complaint about her?

• noble breeding

• poor

• ugly

• old

What is the central message of the Wife of Bath?

• Greed leads to destruction.

• Watch out for women because they are ruthless.

• Show kindness to people in front of their face.

• People need to be treated with love and respect and not taken for granted.

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