2023 Canterbury Tales Test Answers(THE WIFE)
1. The Wife of Bath may be best described as a: ANS
manipulative and opinionated women in her forties
2. How is the Wife of Bath characterized in the
following line? "In all the parish there was no wife
to go
And proceed her in offering, it is
so; And if one did, indeed, so
angry was she It put er out of all
her charity: ANS Intimidating
3. What is the Wife of Bath's opinion of holy friars, according to
the beginning of her tale?: ANS friars are a danger to women
4. What is the main setting of the story about the knight in the
Wife's tale: - ANS
England in the time of King Arthur
5. In the story of king Midas, his wife tells a secret to the
water. What is the point of the story?: ANS women cannot keep
secrets to themselves
6. What question does the queen command the knight to
search for and answer?: ANS what do women desire above
everything?
7. What does the knight do after hearing the queen's
question?: ANS he searches the countryside and asks every man he
can find
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, 8. The knight decides to return to the queen and meet his
fate even before he meets the old women. Why?: ANS He gave
his word he would return
9. While the knight is returning to the castle, he sees young
maidens dancing in the woods. When he rides up, he finds only
the old women. What can you infer about the woman from
these events?: ANS She is a witch or fairy, and she transforms
herself into an old woman
10.Why does the knight agree to marry the old woman?:
ANS The old women tricked the knight into doing whatever she
asked next
11.Misalliance: ANS bad marriage
12.The knight correctly answers the queen's question. Why
does the old woman suddenly leap up and claim her reward
in front of the queen?: ANS the knight will not be able to back
out of his promise
13.After the knight and the old woman are married, the old
woman gives him two choices. What are they?: ANS he can have
an old, faithful wife or a young wife who is unfaithful
14.What is the moral of "The Wife of Bath's Tale": ANS it is best
for husbands and wives when women rule the marriage
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1. The Wife of Bath may be best described as a: ANS
manipulative and opinionated women in her forties
2. How is the Wife of Bath characterized in the
following line? "In all the parish there was no wife
to go
And proceed her in offering, it is
so; And if one did, indeed, so
angry was she It put er out of all
her charity: ANS Intimidating
3. What is the Wife of Bath's opinion of holy friars, according to
the beginning of her tale?: ANS friars are a danger to women
4. What is the main setting of the story about the knight in the
Wife's tale: - ANS
England in the time of King Arthur
5. In the story of king Midas, his wife tells a secret to the
water. What is the point of the story?: ANS women cannot keep
secrets to themselves
6. What question does the queen command the knight to
search for and answer?: ANS what do women desire above
everything?
7. What does the knight do after hearing the queen's
question?: ANS he searches the countryside and asks every man he
can find
1/
5
, 8. The knight decides to return to the queen and meet his
fate even before he meets the old women. Why?: ANS He gave
his word he would return
9. While the knight is returning to the castle, he sees young
maidens dancing in the woods. When he rides up, he finds only
the old women. What can you infer about the woman from
these events?: ANS She is a witch or fairy, and she transforms
herself into an old woman
10.Why does the knight agree to marry the old woman?:
ANS The old women tricked the knight into doing whatever she
asked next
11.Misalliance: ANS bad marriage
12.The knight correctly answers the queen's question. Why
does the old woman suddenly leap up and claim her reward
in front of the queen?: ANS the knight will not be able to back
out of his promise
13.After the knight and the old woman are married, the old
woman gives him two choices. What are they?: ANS he can have
an old, faithful wife or a young wife who is unfaithful
14.What is the moral of "The Wife of Bath's Tale": ANS it is best
for husbands and wives when women rule the marriage
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