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The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Summary
- Plot Overview
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotations Explained
Further Study
- Context
- Full Book Quiz
- Study Questions
- Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help

Further Study

The Wife of Bath's Prologue Quiz

Further Study The Wife of Bath's Prologue Quiz

1 of 5
Why does the Wife of Bath consider herself an expert on marriage?

Because she wrote a best-selling book on marriage
Because she has been to the same man for 37 years
Because she's had five husbands
Because she is a virgin

2 of 5
Which part of scripture does she use to justify her many marriages?

The part that says to be fruitful and multiply
Leviticus
The part about Jesus only going once to a wedding
The story of Sodom and Gommorah

3 of 5
What does she think her great power is?

Her use of rhetoric
Her physical strength
Her sexual power
Her faerie powers

4 of 5
Why were three of her husbands "good" husbands?

Because they were kind, generous, and loved her
Because they were old, rich, and submissive
Because they let her take lovers
Because they were young and exciting

5 of 5
How did The Wife of Bath dominate her old husbands?

By beating them with a poker
By locking them out of the house when they didn't bring her presents
By keeping them mildly sedated with valerian
By withholding sex until they did what she wanted

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