The Wife of Bath

At the beginning of her tale, the Wife of Bath makes an unkind remark about friars. She describes a setting a hundred years prior when fairies and elves roamed the

lands. Along came the friars and they chased away these magical creatures making the lands safe. How does she use this description to make a dig at the friars? She says women are now safe

• to walk alone because only the friars are about and the friars will only take a woman’s virtue, which is to say, rape her.

• to walk alone because the friars have chased away the fairies and elves that used to attack women and rape them.

• to walk in the woods because there is always a friar handy to escort one.

• to walk in the woods because the friars have set up a blockade for anything evil.

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What is the setting of her tale?

• King Creon’s court

• King Arthur’s court

• the Elf Queen’s court

• the Marquis’s court

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In The Wife's Tale, what does the Knight do to merit punishment?

• rapes a girl
• hits an old woman
• doesn't keep his word
• loses a battle to a woman

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

• banishment
• torture
• beheading
• imprisonment

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What did the queen ask the knight to tell her?

• What is the thing that women most despise?
• What is the thing that women most desire?
• What is the thing that women most give?
• What is the thing that women most tolerate?

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What does the Wife's allusion to Ovid's myth of King Midas and his wife imply about women?

• Women want capable lovers.
• Women can't keep secrets.
• Women want gold.
• Women can't be faithful.

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How much time does the knight have to find the answer?

• A year

• Twelve weeks

• Twelve months and one day

• Twelve days

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Why can't the knight find the answer for what women desire the most?

• they're already satisfied with their lives

• all women can't agree into one answer

• women don't desire anything

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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What does the knight do after hearing the queen's question and leaving her presence?

• He searches all over and asks every woman he finds for the answer.

• He goes to prison because he refuses to find the answer.

• He searches for the old woman to get her advice.

• He leaves the kingdom and tries to find a safe place to hide.