The Wife of Bath

Who is the author of the Canterbury Tales?

• Shakespeare

• Ovid

• Chaucer

• Homer

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

What is the setting of her tale?

• King Creon’s court

• King Arthur’s court

• the Elf Queen’s court

• the Marquis’s court

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.

The main theme of her prologue is

• men should remain bachelors.

• women should be allowed to marry as often as they want even if the previous husband is not deceased.

• a woman should always marry for love.

• women in the know are able to control their husbands and that is the natural order in a marriage.

What is the knight's crime in the tale that is cause for his punishment?

• He forces himself on the maiden despite her entreaties.

• He lies to the queen and makes her angry.

• He has killed all the fairies in the land.

• He is unwilling to marry anyone and believes that women are difficult.

Which character gives the knight an opportunity to save his life?

• the queen

• the king

• another knight who is speaking on behalf of the knight

• an old woman who was once a beautiful young woman

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.

How long does the Knight have to complete his quest?

• one year

• one week

• a year and a day

• a month and a day

What problem does the knight find when he starts asking women the question of the riddle?

• He finds that most refuse to speak to him because they know of his crime.

• None of them ever agrees on the answer.

• They gave him frivolous responses, obviously not taking him seriously.

• They give him misleading responses, hoping he will fail in his quest.