Canterbury Tales

Question 1

chivalrous, honorable, fought in 15 battles, fought for religious zeal

Answer 1

Knight

Question 2

Knight’s son, training for love, lover, fighter

Answer 2

Squire

Question 3

liked green, bow and arrow, knights protector

Answer 3

Yeoman

Question 4

singer, dainty eater, sensitive to animals, spoke French

Answer 4

Nun

Question 5

not typical, loves things

Answer 5

monk

Question 6

real name was Hubert, festive, heard confessions and prayers, took bribes, a flirt

Answer 6

friar

Question 7

traded on the seas, he wished their were more restictions on sea trade, gamber, in debt

Answer 7

merchant

Question 8

learned, spent all his money on books and education, no one would pay for his school

Answer 8

oxford cleric

Question 9

in law, speciality was land dispute

Answer 9

sergeant at law

Question 10

did what he preached, good character

Answer 10

parson

Question 11

parson’s brother, farmer, lived a good life

Answer 11

plowman

Question 12

large man, animal wrestlers, cheated, could feel grain, played bagpipes

Answer 12

miller

Question 13

skilled at buying grain at low price, illiterate, could read stock market

Answer 13

manciple

Question 14

manager or a landowner, good at bookkeeping, embezzler, horse named Scot

Answer 14

reeve

Question 15

ugliest, ate garlic and onion

Answer 15

summoner

Question 16

pardon’s people, sold “relics”

Answer 16

pardoner