"The Prologue," "The Wife of Bath," & "The Pardoner's Tale"

From "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the knight undertakes a quest to 

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From "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the knight's quest is a(n) 

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From "The Wife of Bath's Tale," before the knight sees the old woman in the woods, he sees

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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

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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

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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

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In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," the old woman makes an eloquent philosophical argument about 

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  true and false gentility and virtue

• the harmfulness of greed

• the differences between men and women

• the magical beauty of nature

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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

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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

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In "The Wife of Bath's Tale," which adjective does NOT describe the Wife of Bath's narrative voice?

• mournful

• witty

• lively

• earthly

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