WorksheetsWOB and PT Review #Educreator12
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 19mins
How many times has the Wife of Bath been married?
3
4
5
6
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.
What is the setting of her tale?
King Creon’s court
King Arthur’s court
the Elf Queen’s court
the Marquis’s court
When a lusty knight is walking through the woods, he spies a maiden and he
falls in love and proposes to her.
begs her to run away with him.
tries to take her forcibly but she runs to the nearest friar for help.
is overcome with his own desire and rapes her.
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
The knight spends a year on his quest and is unable to find the answer until the very last moment. Where does he find this answer?
the queen
he asks the Elf Queen
an old woman
his fellow knight
When he says the correct answer, the queen pronounces him free
of debt and allows him to leave.
but the old woman says he owes her a debt that must be paid.
as long as he never returns to the kingdom again.
but the old woman says it was really her answer and calls the knight a cheater.
What is the debt the old woman claims the knight owes her? The knight has to
marry her.
take her to her homeland safely.
pay her a large sum of money.
to marry the women he originally raped because she is the old woman’s daughter.
When asked if he prefers a young woman who will cheat on him or an old one who will be faithful, the knight responds
the young one and he will find a way to chain her up.
the old woman and he will just take a mistress on the side.
neither, he decides to run away and live the life of a hermit.
by telling her to do whatever she wants and he will live with her decision.
What is the result of the knight’s decision?
He lives happily ever after with the old woman.
He remains married to the old woman and eventually learns to appreciate her.
She turns into a beautiful young woman and he is happy.
She turns into a beautiful fairy queen and flies away.
What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur?
banishment
torture
beheading
imprisonment
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 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 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.
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.
What is an allegory?
Finding the similarities between two pieces of writing
Identifying human characteristics in a non-human object or animal
A story, or story element, in which everything symbolizes something beyond itself
A mystery that is revealed slowly
