Loading
by BlastRoom
Questions on the Wife of Bath's Prologue, husbands, and Tale.
#literature
25 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
The Wife begins by saying experience is enough for her to speak about marriage even if no written authority existed. What is she doing?
Why does the Wife bring up Solomon, Abraham, and Jacob in her argument about marriage?
When the Wife discusses St. Paul's praise of virginity, how does she use it?
The Wife mentions the Samaritan woman who had five husbands. What point does she draw from that passage?
When the Wife talks about the marriage debt and the body's uses, what is she defending?
The Wife compares people to different kinds of vessels in a lord's house. What does that comparison support?
How does the Wife's long Prologue change the usual job of a prologue before a tale?
What do the Wife's first three husbands have in common?
How does the Wife describe controlling her first three husbands?
The Wife says she made her fourth husband “fry in his own grease.” What does she mean?
Why does the Wife say she loved Jankyn, her fifth husband, best?
Jankyn reads from his book of wicked wives, and the Wife tears pages from it. How does their quarrel finally end?
What crime first puts the knight in danger in the Wife's Tale?
Before the knight meets the old woman, what problem does he face on his quest?
What bargain does the old woman make with the knight in the forest?
What answer saves the knight's life at court?
When the old woman offers to be ugly and faithful or beautiful and possibly unfaithful, what does the knight choose?
How does the Tale connect to the Wife's own argument about marriage?
Which pair of events best shows the same pattern of marital power?
Why does the old woman's lecture on gentility matter to the sovereignty theme?
What is important about Arthur handing the knight's judgment to the Queen and her ladies?
The Wife ends by praying that Jesus shorten the lives of men who will not be governed by wives. What does this ending reinforce?
The Wife attacks clerks who write against women, yet she admits using tricks against husbands. What ironic effect does this create?
What is ironic about the Wife saying experience is enough while building her Prologue?
When the Wife openly describes using sex, jealousy, and accusations as tools, how does she characterize herself?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Chaucer and the Middle Ages
20 questions
