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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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