WorksheetsThe Wife of Bath & The Pardoner Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
It is ironic that the Pardoner preaches against avarice because he is...
a pious man.
especially greedy.
a friend of the Summoner.
rude to the host.
The Pardoner earns money from all of the following activities except...
preaching against greed.
begging from town to town.
selling stolen relics and pardons.
making & selling baskets.
The rioters go looking for Death because they...
want to repent their sins and find salvation.
know he has a great store of treasure.
want to banish him from England.
plan to avenge the death of their friend.
In "The Pardoner's Tale," Death is portrayed as...
both the price of wickedness and an actual person.
both a skeletal figure and an evil angel.
a young man selling wares by the side of the road.
an archangel who is busy killing people through natural disasters.
The fact that we know about the rioters' plans to betray and kill each other is an example of...
situational irony.
dramatic irony.
poetic irony.
verbal irony.
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the knight is punished for...
raping a young maiden.
choosing to become a priest.
marrying the first woman he sees.
criticizing King Arthur.
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the knight is told that his life will be saved if he can discover...
the lair of a vicious dragon.
a large cache of hidden jewels and gold.
what it is that women most desire.
the secret of immortality.
Women, as the knight learns in "The Wife of Bath's Tale"...
most desire mastery over their husbands.
are devious and not to be trusted.
must be controlled by their husbands.
desire to be widowed and remarried.
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," who finally gives the knight the answer he seeks?
The Wife of Bath
The Queen
An old crone
A wandering friar
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," how is the knight rewarded for his choice?
He is allowed to divorce his wife and remarry.
He is invited by the king to embark on another quest.
He inherits a tremendous fortune.
His wife reveals herself as young, virtuous, and beautiful.
