Canterbury Tales

Question 1

Court ; the knights son, young, talented, dressed fashionably, loved the ladies, wrote poetry & played music, fought honorably in battle

Answer 1

Squire

Question 2

Commoner ; traveled w the knight, talented forester, tended to the knights land & kept it spotless

Answer 2

Yeoman

Question 3

Church ; priest & nuns traveled w her, not a good example of nun, more concerned w her appearance and reputation than practicing religion, cared about animals more than humans

Answer 3

Prioress (nun)

Question 4

Church ; bad example, didn’t out the bows he took, modernized, thought reading was out of date, liked to hunt, had expensive items

Answer 4

Monk

Question 5

1st estate ; professional beggar, liked wealthy people, spent time drinking at bars, could get money from the poorest of the poor, needed to pay off young women & their families for inappropriate behavior w them

Answer 5

Friar

Question 6

Mid. class commoner ; business man, deep in debt, beard symbolized lifestyles, well-dressed, hated his wife

Answer 6

Merchant

Question 7

2nd estate ; book smart but no common sense, not sociable, borrowed money from friends, used money to buy books instead of things he needed, horse was very thin

Answer 7

Clerk

Question 8

Knew everything there is to know about law so he won all of his cases, didn’t put much effort into job because he was naturally talented

Answer 8

Sergeant at Law

Question 9

Court ; wealthy land owner, generous, liked by all, tries to smooth over arguments, loved food, resembled Santa

Answer 9

Franklin

Question 10

Commoner ; haberdasher (hat maker), dyer, carpenter, wanted to show off wealth especially their wives, thought of themselves as royalty

Answer 10

Tradesman

Question 11

Kitchen is a health hazard, heavy drinker, festering sore that resembles one of the deserts he makes, issues with manciple

Answer 11

Cook

Question 12

Dangerous man, used dagger if he was angry, would make you walk the plank if angry, great navigator, thief

Answer 12

Shipman

Question 13

Wealth, very greedy, would only see the wealthy, had a deal w the pharmacists that financially helped him, concerned w gold

Answer 13

Physician

Question 14

Successful business woman, not successful in marriages, very manipulative, believes marriage would be better off w the woman in charge

Answer 14

Wife of Bath

Question 15

1st estate ; holy man, had a parish, nothing kept him from tending his needs, very poor, not corrupted by $ or power, Christ-like, doesn’t like telling tales, his tale is a sermon

Answer 15

Parson

Question 16

Commoner ; the parsons brother, good Christian mindset, gave what little he had to the less fortunate, did all the dirty work & took pride in it, never complained

Answer 16

Plowman

Question 17

Rude & obnoxious, dishonest, big & burly, could open a door w his head, liked causing trouble, drank often, not well-liked, played bagpipes, hated the Reeve

Answer 17

Miller

Question 18

Not well-liked, bad tempered, stole $ from employer, employer asked for loans, no one would rat him out bc they were scared of him, he knew info about people & used it as blackmail against them

Answer 18

Reeve

Question 19

2nd estate ; ugly man, children afraid of his appearance, stinky because he ate onions & garlic often, job was to summon those to the church, took bribes from people, traveled with the pardoner

Answer 19

Summoner

Question 20

Church ; well groomed, unsure of sexuality, Chaucer said he was a great singer but sounded just like a goat, made profit by being dishonest, married around “holy” objects

Answer 20

Pardoner

Question 21

Worked for company of lawyers, in charge of supplies, uneducated but was able to steal $ from the lawyers who gave people advice on how to keep money

Answer 21

Manciple

Question 22

Where were Chaucer’s pilgrims headed?

Answer 22

Canterbury to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket

Question 23

What was the purpose of traveling in groups?

Answer 23

For safety & companionship

Question 24

What 3 segments were represented in Chaucer’s pilgrims?

Answer 24

Court, church, estates

Question 25

What format did Chaucer use to write most of the tales?

Answer 25

Verse : rhymed couplets and use of iambic pentameter

Question 26

Frame story :

Answer 26

A literary technique that serves as a companion piece to a story within a story

Question 27

Court ; noble, followed the rules of chivalry, clothes showed he was humble

Answer 27

Knight

Question 28

1st thing about Chaucer

Answer 28

One of the first to write in the language of the people

Question 29

2nd thing about Chaucer

Answer 29

First to write about ordinary people

Question 30

3rd thing about Chaucer

Answer 30

2nd to Shakespeare concerning his contributions to English literature

Question 31

4th thing about Chaucer

Answer 31

Father of English poetry

Question 32

5th thing about Chaucer

Answer 32

First poet to be buried in the poets corner of west lunister abbey

Question 33

Canterbury Tales Frame :

Answer 33

29 pilgrims meet at an inn and travel together to Canterbury. Each pilgrim is to tell 2 stories on the way there and back.

Question 34

2 people from the church :

Answer 34

Nun & Monk

Question 35

2 people from 1st estate :

Answer 35

Friar & Parson

Question 36

2 people from 3rd estate :

Answer 36

Merchant & Yeoman

Question 37

2 people from 2nd estate :

Answer 37

Knight & Squire