In The Wife of Baths Tale, what is the significance of barley bread ?

A. Barley bread provides an example of medieval estates satire.

B. Barley bread signifies Chaucers use of alliterative verse.

C. Barley bread suggests the heroines state as a fallen woman.

D. Barley bread represents the wifes answer to the belief that virginity is superior to marriage.

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