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The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Summary
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Key Questions and Answers
What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
General Prologue: Introduction
General Prologue: The Knight through the Man of Law
General Prologue: The Franklin through the Pardoner
General Prologue: Conclusion
The Knight’s Tale, Parts 1–2
The Knight’s Tale, Parts 3–4
The Miller’s Prologue and Tale
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue (continued)
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
The Pardoner’s Introduction, Prologue, and Tale
The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue
Characters
Character List
The Knight
The Pardoner
The Wife of Bath
The Miller
The Host
Main Ideas
Themes
Plot Analysis
Protagonist
Antagonist
Setting
Motifs
Symbols
Genre
Style
Point of View
Tone
Key Facts
In
The Canterbury Tales
, do religious leaders help or hurt society?
Quotes
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Social Class
Corruption
Deceit
Love
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General Prologue: Introduction
General Prologue: The Knight through the Man of Law
General Prologue: The Franklin through the Pardoner
General Prologue: Conclusion
The Knight’s Tale, Parts 1–2
The Knight’s Tale, Parts 3–4
The Miller’s Prologue and Tale
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue (continued)
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
The Pardoner’s Introduction, Prologue, and Tale
The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue
Quotes By Character
Wife of Bath
The Narrator
The Knight
The Pardoner
The Reeve
Further Study
Context
The Canterbury Tales and Pilgrimages
The Canterbury Tales as a Satire
Movie Adaptations
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
General Prologue: Introduction
General Prologue: The Knight through the Man of Law
General Prologue: The Franklin through the Pardoner
General Prologue: Conclusion
The Knight's Tale, Parts 1-2
The Knight's Tale, Parts 3-4
The Miller's Prologue and Tale
The Wife of Bath's Prologue
The Wife of Bath's Prologue (continued)
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Pardoner's Introduction, Prologue, and Tale
The Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale, and Epilogue
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Study Questions
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The Wife of Bath's Prologue (continued) Quiz
Further Study
The Wife of Bath's Prologue (continued) Quiz
1
of 5
What did her fourth husband do?
He kept a lover, but one day died on a pilgrimage.
Beat her or else ignored her
He encouraged her work as a seamstress and bought her a store.
He disappeared one day and after three years she got their marriage annulled.
2
of 5
What did The Wife of Bath's fifth husband do?
Left her heavily in debt when he died
Constantly bought her flowers and gifts and flattered her
Ignored her and had affairs with other women
Treated her horribly, beat her, and caused the deafness in one of her ears
3
of 5
Which of her husbands did she marry for love?
The fourth husband whom she married still young
The horrible fifth husband
The first three
None of them
4
of 5
How old were the Wife of Bath and Jankyn when they met?
She was twenty and he was thirty.
She was forty and he was twenty.
She was forty and he was sixty.
She was 35 and he was seventy one.
5
of 5
What's the "book of wicked wives"?
A book the Wife of Bath quotes about the most powerful women in history
A book that St. Paul wrote about the way women should behave in marriage
A book Jankyn liked to read to her about the most treacherous women in history
A funny book about women that the Host quotes from when the Wife of Bath finishes her prologue
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