Mann/English+12+ + Name+__________________________+Period+__________+
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The Wife of Bath’s Tale
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Vocabulary:+The+definitions+are+on+page+155+of+the+textbook.+DO+NOT+define+the+words.+Write+one+
sentence+using+the+definitions+provided.+
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1. Reprove+–+
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2. Concede+–+
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3. Extort+–++
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4. Disperses+–+
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5. Contemptuous+–+
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6. Bequest+–+
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7. Prowess+–+
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8. Temporal+–+
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9. Capacity+–+
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10. Pestilence+–+
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Pre-reading:+Knowing+what+you+do+about+the+Wife+of+Bath+from+her+prologue,+predict+what+you+think+her+
story+is+going+to+be+about:+
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Short-answer7questions:+Read+the+Wife+of+Bath’s+Tale+on+pages+156-166+of+our+textbook+and+answer+
each+question+with+your+best+answer+based+on+your+reading+of+the+tale.+
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11. Why+aren’t+there+fairies+in+England+anymore?+
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12. What+does+the+Wife+of+Bath+say+that+friars+will+do+to+women?+
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13. What+is+the+Wife+of+Bath’s+opinion+regarding+replacing+fairies+with+friars?+
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14. What+is+the+knight’s+crime?+
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