A 2023 “biography” of this character by Marion Turner contrasts this character with Falstaff. This character claims her personality comes from being born under the signs of Venus and Mars, and tells the story of how King Midas grew the ears of an ass. After ripping out some sexist pages in a book, this character goes deaf in one ear when her husband, Jankyn, hits her in retaliation. This character tells of a man who gives the wrong answers of (*) “flattery” and “riches” to a riddle he must answer as punishment for sexually assaulting a maiden. This character recounts a story of a knight who is forced to marry an old woman after she tells him that“sovereignty” is the answer to the question “what do women most want?” For 10 points, name this woman from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. ■END■
ANSWER: the Wife of Bath [or Alison; accept The Wife of Bath: A Biography]
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