viernes, 25 de enero de 2008

The Wife of Bath's Tale


What do women want most?

1. The wife of Bath was…

a. A widow

c. Both a and b

b. a poor woman

d. a very sad woman

2. The Wife of Bath tells the story of…

a. King Arthur

c. The Round Table

b. One of King Arthur’s knights

d. Patient Griselda

3. King Arthur wants to kill one of his knights because…

a. The knight has killed an innocent man

c. The knight is in love with the Queen

b. The knight is a thief

d. The knight has broken the law

4. King Arthur forgives his knight’s life because…

a. His knight was a very kind man.

c. He does not forgive him, but he escapes.

b. His knight was innocent, he never did anything wrong.

d. The Queen and her ladies ask Arthur to forgive him.

5. Which question must the knight answer if he does not want to die?

a. Who is the most beautiful woman in the world?

c. What does a woman want most in the world?

b. What do women like most in the world?

d. Does God really exist?

6. How long has the knight got to find the answer to the Queen’s question?

a. A year.

c. two years.

b. A year and a day.

d. All the time he needs.

7. What women want most is…

a. to have babies and take care of them

c. to be happy

b. to have a lot of money

d. to be the head of their house

8. When the knight asks the Queen’s question to the people he meets…

a. everybody agrees.

c. nobody answers.

b. nobody agrees.

d. everybody has the right answer.

9. The knight discovers the right answer to the Queen’s question…

a. Because he is very intelligent.

c. asking a very ugly, old woman, he finds in the woods.

b. asking the question to twenty four beautiful ladies he finds in the woods.

d. He never discovers the right answer, so that he must die.

10. After telling the Queen the right answer to her question, the knight must…

a. go away and never return

c. marry the woman he loves.

b. marry the old woman he met in the wood

d. marry the Queen.

11. The wedding day…

a. everybody sang and danced.

c. only the knight and his wife were happy.

b. nobody sang or danced.

d. everybody was happy.

12. At first, the knight does not love his wife because…

a. she is mean and unkind.

c. she does bad things.

b. she is not young and beautiful.

d. she is beautiful but makes him unhappy.

13. After listening to his wife for a while, the knight thinks that…

a. She is too ugly and old for him

c. She is beautiful.

b. She will make him unhappy

d. She is wise and good.

14. The knight’s wife is really

a. An ugly old woman.

c. beautiful and young.

b. a fairy.

d. both b and c.

15. The knight and his wife…

a. lived happily together all their lives.

c. got divorce.

b. had very sad lives together.

d. died the wedding night.






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