The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale

by Geoffrey Chaucer

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Questions

1. What kingdom did Theseus conquer?
2. Who has Theseus married?
3. Who does Theseus meet on the way back to Athens?
4. What did Creon do instead of giving the women's husbands a proper burial?
5. What does Theseus promise the women?
6. What does Theseus win in the siege with Creon?

Answers

1. Femininity
2. Hippolyta, the queen of Scythia
3. A group of crying women dressed in black
4. He heaped their corpses into a pile and let the dogs eat them.
5. He'll do everything in his power to get revenge on Creon.
6. The city of Thebes