Question

1. which two of the following choices best explain why the knight in \the wife of baths tale\ accepts the old womans offer?

he believes he will be put to death when he returns to court.
he knows that the old woman is wise, and he respects her wisdom.
he thinks the old woman is beautiful and hopes to make her his wife.
he has not found the answer to the queens question and is desperate
he is unable to think clearly because the old woman has put him under a spell

1. which two of the following choices best summarize the argument the old woman in \the wife of baths tale\ makes in reply to the knights remark that she is \low - bred\?

beauty and riches are in the eye of the beholder
the knight is \low - bred\ in the way he treats women.
gods love is equally spread among the poor and rich
gentility is something that is given by god, not by blood

Explanation:

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• For the first option: The knight knows he'll face death if he can't answer the queen's question, so his desperation (from not finding the answer) and fear of death make him accept the old woman's offer.
• The second option is incorrect as the knight doesn't initially respect her wisdom; he is desperate.
• The third option is wrong because the old woman is not beautiful, and the knight doesn't want to marry her initially.
• The fourth option is correct as he is desperate from not finding the answer.
• The fifth option is incorrect as there's no spell; he accepts due to desperation and fear of death.

So the two correct options are: He believes he will be put to death when he returns to court. and He has not found the answer to the queen's question and is desperate.

• The old woman argues that God's love is equal for all (poor and rich) and that gentility comes from God, not blood (so "low - bred" based on blood is wrong).
• The first option is not her main argument here.
• The second option is a counter - attack on the knight but not the core of her argument about her being "low - bred".
• The third option (God's love is equally spread among the poor and rich) and the fourth option (Gentility is something that is given by God, not by blood) are her main arguments against the "low - bred" remark.

Answer:

A. He believes he will be put to death when he returns to court.
D. He has not found the answer to the queen's question and is desperate.

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