The Wife of Bath
Devices of Satire
Thee Olde Prologue
Tale of the Pardoner
Werds of Olde
100

I was married this many times

What is five?

100
An exaggeration to emphasize something

What is hyperbole?

100

I'm a woman

I'm religious

I wear jewelry

Who is The Nun?

100

The three rioters come looking for me

What is Death?

100

Great happiness

What is felicity?

200

THE burning question in The Wife of Bath's Tale

What is, "What do women most desire?"

200

A situation in which the opposite of what is expected occurs

What is situational irony?

200

The satirical device that shows approval of the Knight

What is hyperbole?

200

He puts greedy thoughts into the minds of men

Who is the devil?

200

An inn or hotel

What is a hostel?

300

The hag's "payment" for saving the knight's life

What is marriage to the knight?

300

When an audience knows something a character does not

What is dramatic irony?

300

The three levels of society

What are feudal, ecclesiastical and urban?

300

The youngest rioter purchases this from the apothecary

What is poison?

300

A form of forgiveness

What is absolution?

400

This statement describes whom? "A fouler wight there may no man devise."

Who is the old hag/witch?

400

A work that imitates an original work in order to criticize or make fun of it

What is parody?

400
I am fat, I love the wealthy, I hate the poor

Who is The Friar?

400

Death is found here in The Pardoner's Tale

Where is under the oak tree?

400

A county or region

What is a shire?

500

The story of Midas explains that women cannot do this

What is keep a secret?

500

The use of incorrect words in place of correct words for comedic effect

What is malapropism?

500

I was martyred at the altar of Canterbury Cathedral

Who is Thomas Becket?

500
The aspect of medieval society that is Chaucer satirizing

What is hypocrisy among church leaders?

500

To take by force or threat

What is extorting?

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