The Wife of Bath

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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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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Who finally gives the Knight the correct answer to the question?

• a beautiful fairy

• a nymph

• an old hag

• a maiden

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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

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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.

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What is a frame story?

• a story within a story

• a story that takes a short period of time

• a story worthy of a frame

• a story that teaches a lesson

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In what language were the tales originally written?

• Old English
• Middle English
• Modern English
• French

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