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The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Wife of Bath's Prologue (continued) Quiz

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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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