Wife of Bath

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

In exchange for giving the knight the correct answer & saving his life, what does the hag want?

• titles

• a child

• wealth

• marriage

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who decided that the  Knight should have a different sentence?

• The King

• The Queen

• The Maiden

• The Pardoner

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.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the reason why there are no fairies in the land according to the Wife of Bath's Tale?

• The holy friars have purged the air with their prayers and blessings.

• The Elf-Queen and her courtiers have disappeared.

• The knight's act of violence against a maiden scared them away.

• The saintly charity of the king has driven them away.

What does the Wife of Bath offer the knight as a choice?

• To be poor and humble but content.

• To be rich and powerful but unhappy.

• To be young and pretty but faithful.

• To be old and ugly but loyal.

What does the knight choose in the end?

• To have a life of perfect bliss.

• To have a young and beautiful wife.

• To have the Wife of Bath as his wife.

• To give his wife the power to make his decisions.

What does the wife say is the cause of the knight's unrest?

• His wife's poverty

• His own arrogance

• His own lack of virtue

• His wife's low birth

What does the wife say is the true measure of a gentleman?

• Ancestry and wealth

• Public recognition

• Virtuous deeds

• Education and upbringing

What is the old woman's response when the knight asks her to teach him what women most desire?

• She tells him to figure it out himself

• She refuses to teach him

• She asks for a fee

• She agrees to teach him