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Worksheets"The Prologue," "The Wife of Bath," & "The Pardoner's Tale"
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 35mins
From "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the knight undertakes a quest to
learn what it is that women most want
discover the most beautiful noblewoman in England
find a perfect wife for himself
protect women from evil upon the road to Canterbury
From "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the knight's quest is a(n)
task given him by the queen
test of courage set by the king
ambitious mission he sets himself
duty imposed on him by the church
From "The Wife of Bath's Tale," before the knight sees the old woman in the woods, he sees
more than twenty-four ladies dancing
the figure of Death
his own face reflected in a pool of water
his own future in a dream
From "The Wife of Bath's Tale," according to the old woman, what women really want is
mastery over their husbands
money, jewels, and treasure
to be flattered and attended to
freedom and entertainment
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," as a reward for giving the knight the answer that will save his life, the old woman demands
to marry the knight
a large sum of money
to learn the secret of youth
to be pardoned by the queen
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the knight shows that he has learned what women want most when he
asks his wife to decide which form she will take
pays the old woman as much as she asks
agrees to marry the old woman
keeps his promise to return after a year and a day
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the old woman makes an eloquent philosophical argument about
true and false gentility and virtue
the harmfulness of greed
the differences between men and women
the magical beauty of nature
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the Wife of Bath's philosophy of marriage shows that she
is a strong person with a keen sense of her own rights
tends to say one thing and do the opposite
cares only for pleasure, not for right and wrong
trusts too much to thought instead of feeling
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," who narrates the tale about the knight and the old woman?
The Wife of Bath
the knight
the old woman
Chaucer
In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," which adjective does NOT describe the Wife of Bath's narrative voice?
mournful
witty
lively
earthly
Which of the following quotations from "The Wife of Bath's Tale" is a couplet?
"His heart went bathing in a bath of blisses / And melted in a hundred thousand kisses . . . ."
"In honor of us both, I don't care which; / Whatever pleases you suffices me."
"The knight thought long, and with a piteous groan / At last he said, with all the care in life . . ."
"May I go howling mad and take my life / Unless I prove to be as good and true . . ."
In "The Prologue," Chaucer's main objective is to -
introduce his cast of characters
analyze religious customs
reveal the narrator's thoughts
describe a London inn
In "The Prologue," the pilgrims are traveling to Canterbury because -
the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket is there
they want to escape the plague that is attacking London
the innkeeper has dared them to make the journey
it is part of a longer tour of England
In "The Prologue," the pilgrims agree to tell tales during the journey to -
win a free meal and entertain one another
preserve their stories for the future
reduce fighting and bickering
teach the innkeeper a lesson about pride
In "The Pardoner's Tale," a Pardoner is an official of the -
church
king
local government
feudal manor
In "The Pardoner's Tale," the Pardoner earns money from all of the following activities EXCEPT -
making and selling baskets
preaching against greed
selling relics and papal pardons
begging from church to church
In "The Pardoner's Tale," the stories about Death and the servant boy and the tavern-knave tell suggest that -
death from violence and plague is rampant
Death will be hard to find
people are dying of plague
people looked forward to death
In "The Pardoner's Tale," the rioters go looking for Death because they -
plan to avenge the deaths of their friends
know he has great treasure
want to banish him from England
want to repent of their sins and find salvation
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
an old man selling ware by the side of the road
an archangel who kills people through natural disaster and war
In "The Pardoner's Tale," which of the following statements BEST describes the end of the tale?
The rioters meet death
The rioters become rich
Death takes the gold florins
Death takes a holiday
In "The Pardoner's Tale," after telling his tale, what does the Pardoner offer to do for his fellow pilgrims?
sell them relics and pardons
pray for their souls
buy them a round of drinks
explain the moral of the tale
In "The Pardoner's Tale," after telling his tale, what does the Pardoner offer to do for his fellow pilgrims?
sell them relics and pardons
pray for their souls
buy them a round of drinks
explain the moral of the tale
In "The Pardoner's Tale," it is ironic that the Pardoner preaches against avarice, because he is -
especially greedy
a pious man
a friend of the Host
rude to the Host
