Canterbury People Questions

Question 1

Squire

Answer 1

Represents Lust, the knight’s helper, only joins the journey to find women

Question 2

Knight

Answer 2

Represents pride, a middle class knight who has fought around the world, very prideful

Question 3

Pardoner

Answer 3

Represents Greed, sells people, even if they are extremely poor, phony relics and pieces of paper that are supposed to relieve you from your sin

Question 4

Wife of Bath

Answer 4

Represents Lust, has been married 5 times, does not work, instead, gets her money by marrying old men and getting their money when they die

Question 5

Miller

Answer 5

Represents Gluttony, mills grain into flour, sometimes tips the scales to make customers pay more for grain, gets so drunk that he can’t even ride his horse shows gluttony

Question 6

Monk

Answer 6

Represents Sloth, illustrates that by not doing his monk duties but instead likes to go out and hunt, the equivalent of playing video games instead of doing homework-laziness

Question 7

Plowman

Answer 7

A virtuous fellow, an honest and devout Christian who halls around dung all day as an occupation

Question 8

Parson

Answer 8

Also a virtuous fellow, warns against the seven deadly sins in his tale, one of the few church members who is not corrupt

Question 9

Friar

Answer 9

Represents Greed, he takes bribes for penance and takes advantage of women, kids run away when they see him