The Wife of Bath's Tale

What type of story is The Canterbury Tales considered to be?

• a sonnet

• an epic story

• a frame story

• a non-fiction story

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How many times has the Wife of Bath been married?

• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five

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What is the setting of the Wife of Bath’s story?

• Britain during the time of King Arthur

• Canterbury during Chaucer’s lifetime

• the land of the Elf-Queen in days of yore

• the Caucasus during the reign of Boethius

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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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In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," 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 leaves the kingdom and tries to find a safe place to hide.

• He goes to prison because he could not answer the question.

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

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What problem does the knight encounter during his quest?

• People offer only vague answers to his question.

• One year is not enough time to fulfill his promise.

• People cannot agree about what women want.

• His lovely young wife becomes a homely old woman.

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In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," while the knight is returning to the castle, he sees young maidens dancing in the woods. When he rides up, he finds only the old woman. What can you infer about the woman from these events?

• She is blind and did not see him coming or she would have escaped.

• She is an elf or fairy, and she has transformed herself into an old woman.

• She was too old and unable to slip away with the younger ladies.

• She was sent by the queen to meet him in order to help him find the answer.

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If the old woman can save his life, the knight promises to...

• marry her.

• do whatever she asks.

• spare her from his sword.

• bequeath his whole establishment upon her.

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