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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple Choice
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.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The Wife of Bath most likely retells the story of Midas to show that...
she has read the works of Ovid.
all that glitters is not gold.
women cannot keep secrets.
men are similar to donkeys
- 4. Multiple Choice
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.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does the knight tell the queen that women want?
power over their husbands
freedom to do as they please
the opportunity to meet their Heavenly King
wealth and treasure, flattery and pleasure
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the first reason the knight gives for being unable to marry the woman?
She is too old and ugly.
He is of higher rank than she.
God has forbidden him to wed.
A great anguish churns inside his head.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Before the old woman transforms herself, she...
convinces the knight to become a Christian.
torments the knight and rebukes his gentility.
cites the work of Roman philosophers to show her intellectual superiority.
tries to reform the knight’s judgments and values.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does sovereignty mean?
nobility
wealth
obedience
power
- 9. Multiple Choice
To bequeath is to...
be lower than.
rise above.
leave in a will.
inherit wealth.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does rebuke mean?
to avenge
to climb again
to challenge
to criticize
- 11. Open Ended
What responses does the knight receive to his question before the old woman gives him the correct answer?
- 12. Open Ended
What are two arguments that the old woman uses in response to the knight’s complaint about her poverty?
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