Canterbury

Who is the author of the Canterbury Tales?

• Shakespeare

• Ovid

• Chaucer

• Homer

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What crime does the knight in the Wife's Tale commit?

• perjury

• murder

• kidnapping

• rape

What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur?

• banishment

• torture

• beheading

• imprisonment

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What quest is the Knight sent on?

• He is to find the holy grail.

• He is to find what women most desire.

• He is to find Excaliber.

• He is to find out what women need.

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How long does the Knight have to complete his quest?

• one year

• one week

• a year and a day

• a month and a day

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Before he sees the old woman in the woods, he sees-

• a figure of death

• his face in a pool of water

• more than 24 dancing ladies

• his future in a dream

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In exchange for giving the knight the correct answer & saving his life, what does the hag want?

• titles

• a child

• wealth

• marriage

What does the knight decide regarding his wife?

• She should become young.

• She should decide for herself.

• She should remain old.

• She should marry another man.

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As a result of the knight's choice, his wife chooses ...?

• to remain old.

• to become young.

• to leave.

• another husband.

The Wife of Bath’s philosophy of marriage shows that she —?

• is a strong person with a keen sense of her own rights.

• cares only for pleasure, not for right and wrong.

• tends to say one thing and do the opposite

• trusts too much to thought instead of feeling.

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