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- 1. Multiple Choice
The Wife of Bath says she is an expert when it comes to...
Children
Marriage
The Bible
Travel
- 2. Multiple Choice
How many times has The Wife of Bath been married?
Two
Three
Four
Five
- 3. Multiple Choice
In The Wife's tale, what does the Knight do to merit punishment?
Hits an old woman
Rapes a young girl
Doesn't keep his word
Loses a battle to a woman
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the Knight's original sentence by King Arthur?
Banishment
Torture
Beheading
Imprisonment
- 5. Multiple Choice
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?
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who decided that the Knight should have a different sentence?
The Queen
The King
The Maiden
The Pardoner
- 7. Multiple Choice
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 the Excaliber
He is to find out what women need
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the old hag disguised as when she meets the Knight?
The Queen
A group of 24 ladies
King Arthur's men
A group of 24 men
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the Wife's allusion to Ovid's myth of King Midas and his wife imply about women?
Women want capable lovers
Women can't keep secrets
Women want gold
Women can't be faithful
- 10. Multiple Choice
In exchange for giving the Knight the correct answer AND saving his life, what does the hag want?
Titles
A child
Wealth
Marriage
- 11. Multiple Choice
What answer does the hag give the Knight?
Women should be equal to their husbands
Women want to be flattered and bought gifts
Women want to be taken care of by their husbands
Women should be able to divorce their husbands
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why is the Knight upset with the old hag's proposal of marriage? (Two answers)
He dnies ever accepting her hand in marriage
He thinks she has tricked him into marriage
He thought the hag would leave after answering the question
He deserves a wife of his social status
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the argument that the old hag makes on night of her wedding?
The Knight is not acting like the gentleman he should be
The Knight should give back to those that are poor and treat them well
The Knight should treat his olders with respect and learn from their experience
All of the above
- 14. Multiple Choice
Does the Knight choose for the old woman to by ugly but loyal, or young and beautiful but unfaithful?
Young and beautiful
Ugly but loyal
A little bit of both
He lets her choose
- 15. Multiple Choice
What happens at the end of "The Wife of Bath's" tale?
The old woman becomes young and beautiful
The old woman stays old and loyal
The old woman leaves the Knight
The old woman beheads the Knight
- 16. Open Ended
What do you think the moral of this tale is?
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