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

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

D. Barley bread signifies Chaucers use of alliterative verse.

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