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This involves questions from The Pardoners Tale, and the Wife of Bath's Tale
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Who told the story of The Wife of Bath's Tale?
The Wife of Bath's
The Wife of the Pardoner
The Wife of the Bath
The Wife
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Who did the Knight make an agreement with to get the answer?
The Queen
The Old lady
The young lady
The Princess
3
What was the warning the Wife of Bath's gave in the beginning of the story?
The tribulations of greed
The tribulations of women
The tribulations of the married life
The tribulations of the unmarried life
4
What type literary devices are in The Wife of Bath's and The Pardoners Tale?
Symbolism
Alliteration
Imagery
Allegory
5
How long did the Knight have to search for the Queens answer?
1 year and 5 days
1 year
1 year and 1 day
12 months and 1 day
6
Why did the Knight have to go on this quest?
Because he raped the maid
Because the maid framed him
Because the queen hated him
Because he married the maid
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How many Rioters were involved in The Pardoner's tale?
Three
Two
Four
Twelve
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Where was the setting in The Pardoner's Tale?
The Tavern
Belgium
Flanders, Belgium
Flounders, Belgium
9
Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Challen
George Michael
Jeffery Chaucer
10
What did women most desire?
Power to Rule the world
Power over other women’s Husbands
Power to kill the Knight
Power over their lover/husbands
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What was the Knight's original punishment before he was sent on a quest?
The Brazen Bull
Beheading
Impalement
Iron Maiden
12
What was the task the Knight was given by the Queen, to relieve his punishment?
Marry the Old woman
To Kill a Dragon
Gather money
Find the desires of what women want
13
What were the Rioters doing in the beginning of the story?
They were telling each other stories in the Tavern
They were drinking alcohol in the Tavern
They were drinking rum in the Tavern
They were sitting in the Tavern
14
Which Rioter went to town?
The youngest one
All three of them
One of the oldest two
The oldest two rioters
15
What was the Knights agreement?
To do whatever the Old lady asked
To become the Old lady's servant
To get married to the Maid
To do whatever he wanted
16
How did the Rioters die?
They killed each other
They all died from the plague
They all were killed by the Old man
They died from the wine
17
What did the Rioters do to the Old man?
They killed him
They bullied him
They belittled him
They beat him up
18
Who warned the Rioters of what would happen to them?
The Old woman
The Old man
The youngest rioter
The knight
19
What did the Rioters friend die from in the story?
The Plague
Rabies
A rat
A virus
20
What did the Old lady ask for the Knight to do after he answered the Queens question?
She asked him to marry her
She asked him to make her beautiful
She asked him to be engaged to her
She asked him to run away with her
21
Where did they find the gold?
In the Grove behind the Tree
In the Grove under the Tree
In the Grove
Under a tree
22
What did the other two Rioters plan to do?
Kill the Old man
Stab the youngest to death
Stab each other
Split the gold between them
23
Who told the story in The Pardoner's tale?
The Old man
The Pardoner's wife
The Pardoner
The Rioters
24
What does the Pardoner preach against in the prologue?
lust
gluttony
adultery
greed
25
Where was the setting in The Wife of Bath's Tale?
In the Medieval ages
In the Medieval ages during the age of King Arthur
In London during the age of King Arthur
During the Age of King Arthur
26
What did the Knight get at the end of the story?
A beautiful women with a beautiful attitude
A women with a terrible personality but a beautiful face
A beautiful woman
An ugly women
27
What was the main reason for the Rioters wanting to kill each other?
Control over the distribution of the 8 bushels of gold
Because the Old man told them too
As a punishment for drinking too much
Greed over the 8 bushels of gold
28
Why did the Knight refuse to marry the Old lady?
Because she was too old and ugly
Because he wanted to marry the maid
Because she was fragile
Because he thought she was evil
29
What was Geoffrey Chaucer the father of?
English Anthology
English writing
English
English literature
30
Who made the decision for the Old woman to turn into a young lady?
The Queen
The Pardoner
The Knight
The Old lady herself
31
How does The Pardoner's Tale relate back to the Pardoner?
He told the story to get money because he was greedy
He told the story because it was his job
He told the story because he didn't want others to be greedy
He told the story to gain fame
32
What time period where The Canterbury Tale's written in?
The Middle times
After the Bubonic Plague
The Pilgrim times
The Middle ages
33
What was the plot of The Pardoners Tale?
That money gives you power
Radix malorum est cupiditas
That the Rioters should have shared their money equally
That Greed is the root of all evil
34
Why was it hard for the Knight to find the answer?
Because the women just wanted ordinary things
Because the Queen didn’t want to see him again
Because the women said different answers
Because no one wanted to talk to him
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How did the youngest Rioter plan to kill the other two Rioters?
Stabbing them in the heart
Hitting them with the wine bottle
Pouring the poison in their mouth's while they were asleep
Poisoning the wine
