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6. What does the loathly lady lecture the knight on?

  • Authority
  • Gentility
  • How to pray correctly
  • How the House of Lords works

7. What colour is the wife described as wearing in the general prologue?

  • Green
  • Blue
  • Red
  • Yellow

8. Which of these is NOT a way the wife used to control her husbands?

  • She tricked them into signing contracts
  • She pretended to die
  • She denied them sex
  • She accused them of cheating on her neighbour's wife

9. What physical impairment does the wife have?

  • She's mute
  • She's a bit deaf
  • She's a little short-sighted
  • She's totally blind

10. What is the name of the Wife's friend and fellow gossip?

  • Keith
  • Alisoun
  • Jane
  • Tiffany

11. Why does Jankyn get so angry with the Wife?

  • She insulted his mother
  • She slept with one of his friends
  • She tore a page out of his favourite book
  • She ate a bit of cake he was saving for later

12. How many husbands did the wife have?

  • Four hundred and ninety-eight
  • Eight
  • Five
  • Thirty six

13. At what age did the wife first get married?

  • 12
  • 3
  • 21
  • 41

14. How long does the knight have to discover "what women most desire"?

  • A year and a day
  • Two months
  • Ten years
  • Thirty seconds

15. What is the name of the wife's fifth husband?

  • Alfred Pennyworth
  • Jankyn
  • Richard
  • Harry Bailey

16. What book did Jankyn continually cite to the wife to control her?

  • The Bible
  • Anti-Feminist Tales for Misogynistic Men
  • The Book of Wikked Wyves
  • Twilight

17. King Arthur lets who decide the knight's punishment?

  • Lancelot
  • Percival
  • The Queen / Guinivere
  • Merlin

18. Why did the wife marry the first 4 husbands?

  • Because of a drunken bet
  • For money and self-advancement
  • Because she liked their cool medieval surnames
  • For love