quiz Chaucer and Wife of Bath

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Chaucer,

 Canterbury Tales 

and the Wife of Bath

but first: check out this song, mind the lyrics

Chaucer lived in the

1. 14th century
2. 13th century
3. 15th century

In his greatest work there are

1. 29 pilgims on their way to the grave of Henry II
2. 24 pilgrims on their way to the grave of the Archbishop
3. 24 pilgrims on their way to the grave of Thomas Becket
4. 29 pilgrims on their way to canterbury

In The Canterbury Tales there were plannend nearly 120 Tales but we have

1. 14 Tales
2. 26 Tales
3. 24 Tales

Chaucer himself is one of the pilgrims that tell a story

1. True
2. False

Chaucer lies buried in the poet's corner in Westmister Abbey in London

1. False
2. True

Chaucer is considered to be the "finder" of modern English

1. True, he combined dialects and used many new words
2. False, that is Shakespeare

the name of the Wife of Bath is

1. Dame Edna
2. Mrs Chaucer
3. Mrs Bailey
4. Dame Allison

the word Chaucer comes from French and means shoemaker

1. False
2. True

The Wife of Bath had been to Rome and to Boulogne

1. and twice had she been to Jeruzelem
2. and thrice had she been to Jeruzalem
3. but never had she been to Jeruzalem
4. and she had once been to Jeruzalem

What is it that women most desire, according to The Wife of Bath?

1. a wealthy husband
2. a loyal husband
3. master her husband
4. glamour and many lovers

You have two choices, which on will you try to have me old and -1- till I die, but still a -2- , true and humble -3- that neve will displease you all her -4- or would you rather I were young and -5-

1. 1.pretty, 2. loyal, 3. life, 4. wife, 5. ugly
2. 1. ugly 2. pretty, 3. wife, 4. life, 5. loyal
3. 1. ugly, 2. loyal, 3. wife, 4. life, 5. pretty

What kind of story is The Canterbury Tales

1. a romance
2. a link and frame story
3. a quest story
4. courtly love

The wife of Bath's tale is an Arthurian legend about a knight on a quest

1. True
2. False

okay, one question about Henry VIII

A mnemonic to remember what happened to Henry's six wives is

1. divorced beheaded died, divorced beheaded survived
2. beheaded divorced died beheaded divorced survived
3. died divorced beheaded survived divorced beheaded