Canterbury Tales

Question 1

squire

Answer 1

Tunic embroidered with red and white flowers, a “ladies man”, 20 yrs old.

Question 2

parson

Answer 2

A poor man made rich by God’s work

Question 3

summoner

Answer 3

Red face covered in carbuncles, drank until he was hazy, smelled of garlic and onions

Question 4

prioress/nun

Answer 4

wide forehead and concerned with manners

Question 5

manciple

Answer 5

frugal man, outwits his masters

Question 6

friar

Answer 6

keeps gifts in his pocket for pretty girls, knew barmaids and tavern keepers well.

Question 7

wife of bath

Answer 7

had five husbands, attractive, red stockings, slightly deaf

Question 8

monk

Answer 8

fat, bells on his saddle, hunter, wore a gold pin and a fur lined coat

Question 9

doctor

Answer 9

Wore blood red and blue striped garment, had a love of gold, sly dealings with apothecaries

Question 10

the pardoner

Answer 10

waxy, yellow hair that “hung like rat tails”, bulging eyes, sold fake relics

Question 11

miller

Answer 11

large, strong fellow, red beard, black nostrils, loud, told dirty stories

Question 12

knight

Answer 12

a perfect gentleman, modest, stained tunic

Question 13

yeoman

Answer 13

wore a green hood, head like a nut

Question 14

plowman

Answer 14

the parson’s brother, a farmer, honest worker

Question 15

man of law

Answer 15

gave the impression of being busier than he really was, wore a multi-colored coat

Question 16

franklin

Answer 16

had a white beard, red face, loved expensive food and wine

Question 17

reeve

Answer 17

old, thin, cranky, mean to his workers, stole from his master

Question 18

merchant

Answer 18

wore a motley tunic, had a forked beard, Flemish beaver cap

Question 19

skipper

Answer 19

accomplished sailor, not a nice man, wore a daggar on a lanyard

Question 20

cleric

Answer 20

thin, spends more on books than food, thin horse

Question 21

chivalric romance

Answer 21

a non-scholarly narrative in metrical verses; a tale of love, adventure, knightly conflict, and pageantry

Question 22

myth

Answer 22

a retelling of a classic myth

Question 23

Breton Lais

Answer 23

set in the Brittany region of France; tales, Celtic in origin, of magic, fairies, folklore, and courtly love

Question 24

beast fable

Answer 24

animal characters with human qualities, clever tale that preaches a moral lesson

Question 25

prose-allegory

Answer 25

non poetic tale in which people and things represent abstract qualities

Question 26

mock-heroic

Answer 26

ridicule, by imitation, of chivalric literature and heroic characters

Question 27

jokes

Answer 27

humorous incidents that ridicule people

Question 28

fabliau

Answer 28

story based on clever tricks involving infidelity

Question 29

sermon

Answer 29

an oratory teaching of a Christian message

Question 30

exemplum

Answer 30

a sermon that illustrates a known moral lesson

Question 31

Saint’s legend

Answer 31

tale of inspirational acts or martyrdom

Question 32

Miracle of the Virgin

Answer 32

tale in which the virgin Mary miraculously aids a follower in a time of need

Question 33

moral tale

Answer 33

tale to inspire moral conduct to the reader