The conflict of a story is (one of the) man problem(s). Which of the following questions is NOT a possible conflict in the Wife of Bath's Tale? Will the queen and women of the court forgive the knight and save his life?

Can the knight be rehabilitated from a criminal who seeks power over women to a husband who give power to his wife?

Will the old hag reveal her true identify?

Will the knight find out what women really want?

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.