Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer

1. Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer The Prologue -review-

2. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is a brawler • He likes to tell dirty stories • He steals grain from his clients • He is big and brutish enough to knock down doors with his head MILLER

3. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He looks like Santa Claus • He is a foodie • It positively snows food at his house where he frequently throws large impressive parties • He is a landowner • He get his money acting as a judge and sheriff (Corrupt) FRANKLIN

4. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is the Parson’s brother • He is of the lowest class • He gives as much as he can to charity • He is a hard worker and good neighbor PLOWMAN

5. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • This character is obsessed with good grooming • This character is good at singing, riding a horse, and writing poetry • This character is motivated by impressing women • He is the knight’s son SQUIRE

6. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He dislikes reading or staying indoors • He loves to hunt • He owns many fine horses • He likes food • He has expensive clothes • He is a member of the clergy held up for ridicule – He should be inside studying MONK

7. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He looks wealthy with his multicolored clothing • He is actually in debt • He hides his lack of wealth • He is concerned about piracy MERCHANT

8. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • This character is well dressed with silver finery • This character has a social climbing wife • The wife wants to be treated like a queen • This character is a member of the middle class GUILDSMEN (HABERDASHER, DYER, CARPENTER, WEAVER, CARPET MAKER)

9. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is good at his job • He is part of the nobility • His clothes are covered with travel grime • His son is with him • He may be too aggressive even though he is a warrior KNIGHT

10. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is an excellent beggar • He is jovial • He is a member of the clergy who takes bribes at confession • He is slick with women, marrying them off when they become troublesome • He is well know in the local bars • Hubert • He is wealthy, but looks poor when he is begging FRIAR

11. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is very poor • He pays his friends back by praying for them • He doesn’t want a job • He loves books OXFORD CLERIC

12. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • Although he is uneducated, he is very good at finding bargains • He purchases food for a college (somewhat like a caterer) • He buys at a great savings and passes on a minimal savings to his bosses • He is well liked by his clients even though he short changes them MANCIPLE

13. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He has no conscience • He is well traveled • He steals wine, a horse, a ship • He has killed by making others walk the plank SKIPPER

14. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • This character is dressed like Robin Hood • This character carries the knight’s weapons • This character is in charge of keeping the knight’s weaponry in good working order • This character seems to do a good job YEOMAN

15. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • This character seems like an astrologist • This character is well dressed • This character loves gold, but spends little • This character has an arrangement with druggists; he receives money for sending patients to the apothecary for prescriptions they don’t need DOCTOR

16. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • This character is deaf • This character has married five times • This character is known for weaving • This character loves to give advice on love • This character is wealthy and well traveled • She has a temper WIFE OF BATH

17. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is a member of the clergy who practiced what he preached (lead by example) • He is poor • He is a terrible beggar • Chaucer seems to admire this member of the clergy PARSON

18. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is a member of the middle class who is good at his job • People feel comfortable in his establishment • He comes up with the storytelling game HOST

19. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is so ugly that children run in fear • He knows everyone’s secrets • He is a member of the clergy who could be bribed into not doing his job (take people to religious court) • He is a drunk who swears in Latin • He is odiferous and has a number of ugly pimples SUMMONER

20. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • The lord’s farmers/workers fear him • He is an estate manager • The is thin, old, and poor looking • He uses the lord’s money to buy expensive items which he then loaned to the lord earning the lord’s thanks and gratuities REEVE

21. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • This character is VERY interested in courtly life • This character speaks French (nasally) • This character has small dogs she spoils • She is well fed • She wears a pin claiming “Love Conquers All” • She wears expensive clothing • She is a corrupt member of the clergy PRIORESS

22. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • This character appears to be VERY busy • He is not as busy as he appears (self-important) • He is sought after; everyone wants to hire him • He knows the law really well SERGEANT AT LAW

23. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He is the Summoner’s friend • He a money hungry member of the clergy who sells fake relics to poor uneducated country folks • He likes to sing • He is a “gelding or a mare” PARDONER

24. Name the character who best fits the description. See how few hints you need. • He can identify ale by flavor • He is good at his job • He has an unappetizing ulcer on his knee • His sauces are the best COOK

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