The Canterbury Tales Quiz 2
1. The Host prefers
- lower-class characters to tell tales
- not to hear tales at all
- women to tell tales
- upper-class and high-status characters to tell tales
2. The tale-telling game is thought up by which pilgrim?
- The Wife of Bath
- The Host
- The Reeve
- The Manciple
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