Unit 2 test prologue characters naming

Question 1

knight

Answer 1

-highest social standing, yet humble, fought in many wars
- chaucer respects him

Question 2

prioress

Answer 2

-really polite and has manners
-nun who acts more courtly than a nun
-supposed to be prioous + poor, but dressed in fine clothes + jewels

Question 3

friar

Answer 3

• religious figure who doesn’t actually help others and live a life in poverty (corrupt)
  -takes money from those who he listens to confession

Question 4

doctor

Answer 4

• well-educated, cunning, greedy, boastful, both good and bad

Question 5

wife of bath

Answer 5

-married five times
-proud of her sexuality and beauty
- not virtuous womanhood/raunchy

Question 6

parson

Answer 6

• priest, actually holy, poor
  -traveling with brother, the plowman

Question 7

squire

Answer 7

-knights son
-humbleness and politeness, youth
+ creativity
- accomplished

Question 8

plowman

Answer 8

-parsons brother
-not wealthy: ditch digger
-pious, deeply religious

Question 9

reeve

Answer 9

• slender and lean, carpenter
• manager of estate who kept lot of profits
  bad tempered+ good worker`

Question 10

miller

Answer 10

-evil
-fond of wrestling, very stong
-drunk

Question 11

pardoner

Answer 11

• smooth talking seller of indulgences
  -hypocrite
• chaucer doesn’t like him

Question 12

summoner

Answer 12

• someone church hires to call ppl to spiritual court
• abuses power to get bribes
  -chaucer doesn’t like