Canterbury tales

Question 1

Knight

Answer 1

Wore a smudged tunic.

Honorable

Question 2

Squire

Answer 2

Curley hair, average height, wonderful agility and strength.

Cares about how he looks, respectful, brave

Question 3

Yeoman

Answer 3

Robin hood

Question 4

Nun/Prioress

Answer 4

Fat, wears lots of jewelry.

Perfect manners

Question 5

Monk

Answer 5

Fat and bald. Wheres a nice robe.

Not devout.

Question 6

Friar

Answer 6

Pale and strong.

Not a good guy, refused to help those with lepracy.

Question 7

Merchant

Answer 7

Multicolored dress and has a beard.

Braggs but is in debt, hypocrit.

Question 8

Oxford Cleric

Answer 8

Short

Naive

Question 9

Sergeant At Law

Answer 9

multicolored coat

Tries to make people think he is busy when he isn’t

Question 10

Franklin

Answer 10

White beard

Optimistic, generous, hospitable

Question 11

Tradesmen

Answer 11

Wear nice, fresh clothing

Very talented

Question 12

Cook

Answer 12

Ulcer

Good cook

Question 13

Skipper

Answer 13

Tan and has a dagger on him

Pirate

Question 14

Doctor

Answer 14

Blood red robe

Prescribes overly expensive medicine

Question 15

Wife of Bath

Answer 15

Gap teeth and red self-made clothing

Mean

Question 16

Parson

Answer 16

Uses a staff to walk

Educated

Question 17

Plowman

Answer 17

Physically fit

Question 18

Miller

Answer 18

Red beard and wrestles

Show off

Question 19

Manciple

Answer 19

No physical traits

Good at his job

Question 20

Reeve

Answer 20

Thin

Bad temper, good farmer

Question 21

Pardoner

Answer 21

Yellow hair and a hat with a relic

Sells indulgences

Question 22

Summoner

Answer 22

Rosy-faced

Rotten to the core, strikes fear in children

Question 23

Host

Answer 23

A little overweight

Good because he provides food

Question 24

Where were the pilgrims going and why?

Answer 24

Canterbury for a pilgrimage

Question 25

What tradesmen were on the pilgrimage?

Answer 25

``` Weaver Carpenter Dyer Carpetmaker Haberdasher ```

Question 26

What was the host's name?

Answer 26

Harry Baily

Question 27

Purpose of Chaucer's prologue?

Answer 27

To introduce the pilgrims and their purpose for going

Question 28

Identify all types of characterization.

Answer 28

Direct - Character says themself | Indirect - Revealed by characters thoughts

Question 29

How does Chaucer typically characterize pilgrims connected to the Church?

Answer 29

Greedy and sleezy

Question 30

Why is the Pardoner's Tale ironic?

Answer 30

He looks down on people stealing money from graves, yet he steals money from people

Question 31

What is the setting and conflict in the Wife of Bath's tale?

Answer 31

King Arthur period

Question 32

What does the knight promise and what does he learn?

Answer 32

The knight promises to marry the old women. He

Question 33

Compare/contrast the Friar and the Parson (physical and personality)

Answer 33

Parson and Friar are both happy. | Parson is weak (uses a cane) and the Friar is strong. The Parson gives to the poor while the Friar is a bad person.