The Wife of Bath

The Wife of Bath Starter

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How many husbands did she have?
five
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What was her last husband's name?
Jankyn
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What did she wear on her feet, apart from her shoes?
spurs
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What did she claim was good enough enough for her at the start of her prologue
Experience
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What was the name of the book that her fifth husband used to read to her
The Book of Wikked Wyves
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What was the name of the Wife of Bath's friend?
Alison
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What colour were her hose?
scarlet
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What crime did the Knight commit?
****
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What is only for those who strive for perfection?
Chastity
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What can't be tested prior to commitment?
A wife
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What did the wife's fourth husband commit
adultery
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Whom does the summoner criticise
the friar
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What will happen to the knight if he does not discover what women most desire within one year?
beheaded
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Who replaces twenty-four fairies?
the crone
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What is the answer to what women want
power
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What must the knight do for the crone?
Marry her
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What does the old woman tell the knight she will be if she remains old and ugly?
good and faithful
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Who said this? "I put me in your wise governance"
The Knight
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Who said this quote? "Thou standest yet [...] in swich array / That of thy lyf yet hastow no suretee"
The Queen
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What does the Wife say God has given people, which proves he wants them to be married?
Genit*ls
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How is Griselda described
Patient
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Which Old Testament King does the Wife refer to
King Solomon
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What is the name of the Host
Harry Bailey
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to illustrate womens' inability to keep a secret we are told the story of who?
King Midas
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According to the Wife, who has replaced fairies and elves?
Friars
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How old was she when she married for the first time?
Twelve
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Her first three husbands were
old and rich
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What genre of tale does the Wife tell
Breton Lai
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Which two gods does the Wife state she has the qualities of
Venus and Mars
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What is the French term she uses for her genit*ls
chambre de venus
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What is the Latin term she uses for her genit*ls
Quoniam
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The narrator meets the pilgrims at which inn?
The Tabard
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Chaucer writes in which type of language?
Middle English
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What was the Wife's physical impairment?
Deafness
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What Old Testament directive does the Wife use to defend her marriages?
Go forth and multiply
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Who interrupts the Wife of Bath first
The Pardoner
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In what century did Chaucer wite
Fourteenth
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What was his father's livelihood
Vintner
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Where is Chaucer buried
Westminster Abbey
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What was the language spoken in the English court
French
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What was the language of the Church
Latin
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The Wife's hat is as broad as a what?
bokeler
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What was the Dunmow flitch
Bacon
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The Wife offers to advise other "wise wives" but what are the only other women on the pilgrimage?
Nuns
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