Other
What was the point of the story Midas?
To show that women can't keep secrets?
What is the Wife of Bath's first name?
Who is Alison?
How many husbands did the Wife of Bath have?
5
When did the Wife of Bath's tale take place? (the story she tells, not the story of her life)
In King Arthur's time
What does the knight see on the last day of his search for an answer?
What is a group of women dancing and an old woman?
What does the Wife of Bath want?
What is sovereignty (will accept equality also)?
What does the Pardoner plan to do after his journey to Canterbury?
He plans to get married
Three of them were young
How long does the knight have to answer the Queen's question?
A year and one day?
What happened to the crone at the end of the tale?
She became young and beautiful?
Who accompanies the knight to the court?
The Crone
Who does the Wife of Bath have a problem with on her journey to Canterbury? This person keeps interrupting her.
The Pardoner
How many kids does the wife have?
None
What punishment did the King pronounce for the knight?
Death by beheading
What is one of the lessons of the story? (not theme)
One should love people for what is onn the inside not on the outside?
Why is the knight finding it impossible to find the answer to the question the queen asks?
Everyone gives him a different answer.
What is the Wife of Bath's tale?
What is the tale of the Knight and the Crone?
What were two of the Wife of Bath's husbands?
Older and rich
What does the crone ask from the knight in return for giving him the answer to the question he asks?
That he grant her the first thing she asks of him, which is to marry her.
What does the queen get to do?
Decide the knight's fate?
Why did Wife of Bath go on a pilgrimage?
She is searching for husband #6.
Who is the narrator of this story?
The Wife of Bath
What do we assume has happened to all of the Wife of Bath's husbands?
they died
What did the knight do at the beginning of the tale that got him in trouble?
He raped a maiden.