Quotes

Question 1

“never in all his life had he been rude to anyone at all.” (5)

Answer 1

Knight

Question 2

“So hotly did he love that at night he slept no more than a nightingale.” (7)

Answer 2

Squire

Question 3

“His arrows never droop with tired feathers.” (7)

Answer 3

Yeoman

Question 4

“She had a few small dogs that she fed with roast meat, or milk and fine bread; but she wept indeed if one of them died, or ig someone hit it smartly with a stick.” (9)

Answer 4

Prioress

Question 5

“He was a fine fat lord, in splendid shape: his protruding eyes rolled in his head like a furnace under a pot” (11)

Answer 5

Monk

Question 6

“His eyes twinkled in his head just like the stars on a frosty night” (15)

Answer 6

Friar

Question 7

“This worthy man made good use of his wits; no one knew he was in debt.” (15)

Answer 7

Merchant

Question 8

“He would rather have twenty volumes of Aristotle and his philosophy, bound in black or red, at the head of his bed than rich robes, or a fiddle or lively harp.” (15)

Answer 8

Clerk of Oxford

Question 9

“Now here was there a man as busy as he– and yet he seemed busier than he was.” (17)

Answer 9

Sergeant of the Law

Question 10

“It was always his custom to live pleasurably, for he was own son to Epicurus, who believed that complete pleasure equaled true and perfect happiness.” (17)

Answer 10

Franklin

Question 11

“every one of them, because of wisdom, was suited to be an alderman” (19)

Answer 11

Haberdasher, Carpenter, Weaver, Dyer, and Tapestry Maker

Question 12

“But it was a shame, it seemed to me, that he had an ulcer on his shin.” (19)

Answer 12

Cook

Question 13

“he paid no mind to fussy conscience; if he fought and had the upper hand, he sent his captives home to every land by water.” (21)

Answer 13

Shipman

Question 14

“Since gold in medicine is a stimulant, therefore he loved gold especially.” (23)

Answer 14

Doctor of Medicine

Question 15

“She was gap-toothed, to tell the truth.” (23)

Answer 15

Wife of Bath

Question 16

“that he practiced first and preached afterwards” (25)

Answer 16

Parson

Question 17

“He was a good and faithful laborer, living in peace and perfect charity.” (27)

Answer 17

Plowman

Question 18

“There was no door that he could not heave from its hinges or break at a run with his head.” (27)

Answer 18

Miller

Question 19

“He was always so careful in his buying that he was always ahead and prosperous” (29)

Answer 19

Manciple

Question 20

“There was no bailiff, or shepherd or other laborer whose tricks were unknown to him; they were scared to death of him.” (29)

Answer 20

Reeve

Question 21

“he was as hot and lecherous as a sparrow.” (31)

Answer 21

Summoner

Question 22

“I expect he was a gelding or a mare.” (35)

Answer 22

Pardoner

Question 23

“he was bold in his speech, prudent, and well taught; and he lacked no manly quality.” (37)

Answer 23

Host