Brit Lit - The Canterbury Tales Character Quiz
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| Prone to excessive sorrow and showy weeping | Prioress/Nun
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| I care for all creatures (the small, furry ones the best) | Prioress/Nun
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| I don't fancy the rules others placed before me | Monk
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| Hunting is my pleasure | Monk
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| I love my cake and wine | The Franklin
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| Though there seemed to be no one busier, I am not as busy as I seem | Seargant at Law
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| The king has appointed me to specialize in property disputes | Seargant at Law
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| You can find me wooing my lover passionately, or pressiny my curls | the Squire
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| St.Christopher medal around my neck | Yeoman
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| I'm true, perfect, and gentle, | the Knight
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| At the taverns I am known as one who can give you a good rate on confessionals | Friar
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| I spend what little money I do find on books | Clerk
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| In debt | Merchant
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| I suggest that the pilgrimage become a story-telling contest | the Host
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| Face boils | Summoner
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| Garlic & Onions | Summoner
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| speaks Latin | Summoner
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| A group of artisans | guildsmen
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| gaptoothed | Wife of Bath
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| ulcer on my knee | the Cook
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| tempests have shaken my beard | Shipman/Skipper
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| Best example of a good and faithful laborer | Plowman
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| Red beard | Miller
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| I steal corn | Miller
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| I love gold best | Doctor
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| Astrology is my science of choice | Doctor
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| A poor man in material goods, but rich in holy thoughts and works | Parson
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| Brother to the plowman | Parson
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| Purchasing agent for lawyers | Manciple
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| Manager of a large estate | Reeve
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| Bad tempered and skinny | Reeve
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| Yellow hair | Pardoner
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| Phony relics | Pardoner
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| "professional wife" | Wife of Bath
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| steals grain by pushing his thumb on the scale to make more money | miller
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| the "good" characters | the Knight, the Parson, Oxford Cleric, The Plowman
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