Canterbury Tales: Characters

Question 1

Knight

Answer 1

Returned form war and is going on a pilgrimage to express thanks.

Question 2

Prioress/Nun

Answer 2

Loves animals. She weeps if she sees even a mouse in a trap.

Question 3

Franklin

Answer 3

A wealthy landowner who loves to entertain.

Question 4

Oxford Cleric

Answer 4

Very thin. Uses all his money for books and education.

Question 5

Doctor

Answer 5

Dresses in all red and loves money.

Question 6

Wife of Bath

Answer 6

Married to 5 people in the past and loves to travel.

Question 7

Cook

Answer 7

Cooks and has an ulcer on his knee.

Question 8

Plowman

Answer 8

Honest worker. Parson’s brother.

Question 9

Miller

Answer 9

Large man who steals grain.

Question 10

Municipal

Answer 10

Purchases supplies for Courts and has more common sense than his employers.

Question 11

Sumner

Answer 11

Has red face covered in boils. Wears a garland around his head.

Question 12

Reeve

Answer 12

Overseer of an estate. Also a good carpenter.

Question 13

Parson

Answer 13

Only true good religious character in the pilgrimage.

Question 14

Pardoner

Answer 14

Gives out fake holy relics.

Question 15

Squire

Answer 15

Young, only 20, and with neat curly hair.

Question 16

Monk

Answer 16

Loves hunting but not following rules.

Question 17

Merchant

Answer 17

Secretly in debt.

Question 18

Sergent at Law

Answer 18

Makes his prisoners “walk the plank”.

Question 19

Yeoman

Answer 19

Wears a green coat with a hood. He is a “proper forester”.

Question 20

Friar

Answer 20

Likes to hang out with pretty girls and alcohol, but not the poor.