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Shaws Pilgrims
Canterbury Tales Pilgrims
Question | Answer |
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His name is Herbert | Friar |
20 years old | Squire |
is an able sailor, but very cruel | Skipper |
has a forked beard | Merchant |
he believes in astrology as a means of treating an illness | Doctor |
expert bowman | Yeoman |
carries a rusty sword | Reeve |
favorite food is roast swan | Monk |
loves to prepare fine dishes | Cook |
his name is Harry Baily | Host |
though not as smart as the students he serves, he was smart enough to put away a little money for himself | Manciple |
has been on religious pilgrimages to Jerusalem 3 times | Wife of Bath |
doesn’t require much sleep | Squire |
member of an impressive guild | Haberdasher |
very quick-tempered | Reeve |
he will drown prisoners if they cause him any problems | Skipper |
has fought in the Crusades | Knight |
tells the final tale | Parson |
licensed to hear confession | Friar |
his job is to listen to confessions | Pardoner |
student of the arts | Oxford Cleric |
plays a hurdy-gurdy | Monk |
is the perfect example of chivalry | Knight |
lacks spiritual nourishment | Doctor |
he, along with the Knight and Parson, is admired by Chaucer | Oxford Cleric |
suffers from a pus-running ulcer on his leg | Cook |
he is the Parson’s brother | Plowman |
doesn’t take his vows seriously | Monk |
dishonest | Reeve |
intellectual whose interests are in learning only | Oxford Cleric |
he is sent by the Church to summon persons suspected of breaking Church law | Summoner |
marriage broker | Friar |
assistant to the Knight and Squire | Yeoman |
enjoys women of questionable reputation | Summoner |
main interest is money | Monk |
he sells fake relics and Pardons” | Pardoner |
16 stones heavy | Miller |
he has hair as yellow as wax that hangs from his head in thin rat tails | Pardoner |
tells his tale first | Knight |
he has boils and skin sores | Summoner |
knew every judgment, case, and crime by heart | Serjeant at Law |
black Nostrils | Miller |
has been married 5 times | Wife of Bath |
children were afraid of him | Summoner |
old, choleric, thin | Reeve |
he lisped | Friar |
he is rough, coarse, ugly, and has a wart with hairs growing out of it on his nose | Miller |
was very thing and rode a thin horse | Oxford Cleric |
knows every port of the Mediterranean | Skipper |
his appalling physical condition may be a result of lechery | Summoner |
serves as a contrast to the Pardoner | Parson |
does not tell a tale | Yeoman |
a county landowner | Franklin |
lives in peace and pays his dues to the Church | Plowman |
likes to show off by speaking Latin when he gets drunk | Summoner |
owns many horses | Monk |
he is the most corrupt of all the travelers | Pardoner |
shining example of what a religious person should be | Parson |
for breakfast, he love to sop cake in wine | Franklin |
due to his high-pitched voice and his beardless face, Chaucer refers to him as a gelding or a mare | Pardoner |
he had a red face with carbuncles, narrow eyes, black scabby brows, and a thin beard | Summoner |
knows the remedies for love’s “mischance’s” | Wife of Bath |
carries a jar of pig bones which he tells people are holy relics | Pardoner |
horse’s name is Scott | Reeve |
speaks French (badly) | Prioress |
rids herself of husbands, wearing them out by nagging them to death | Wife of Bath |
there are several references to his effeminate nature | Pardoner |
would gladly learn and gladly teach | Oxford Cleric |
plays bagpipes as the pilgrims leave town | Miller |
a member of the most prominent members of the legal profession from whose ranks the king selects judges | Serjeant at Law |
dressed all in green | Yeoman |
knows everything about medicine, but seems to know little about the Bible | Doctor |
she dresses colorfully and is deaf in one ear | Wife of Bath |
is motley dressed | Merchant |
has large hips | Wife of Bath |
he owned a ship named The Maudelayne | Skipper |
has rust stains on his clothes from his armor | Knight |
her name is Madam Eglantyne | Prioress |
a clever man whose job is to purchase goods for a college or law school | Manciple |
has peacock feather arrows | Yeoman |
their wives enjoy the stature their husband have attained because it earns them social recognition | Haberdasher |
has curly hair | Squire |
she is a coarse woman who enjoys dirty jokes | Wife of Bath |
plays a harp | Friar |
owner of the Tabard Inn and travels with the troupe to be the judge of the best tale | Host |
is known for his cream dishes and his most famous dish – creamed chicken pie | Cook |
rides a horse well | Wife of Bath |
wore a threadbare overcoat | Oxford Cleric |
apparently made a ton of money during the plague, but never seems to spend any of it | Doctor |
good soldier but loves clothes, drink, and women | Squire |
rides last among the pilgrims | Reeve |
is the most admired of all the pilgrims | Knight |
enjoys male companionship | Wife of Bath |
never hesitates to share the fruits of life with others | Franklin |
tells filthy stories | Miller |
carries a dirk | Yeoman |
traveling with pet dogs with whom she is so obsessed she neglects the poor in her care | Prioress |
is in charge of feeding prospective lawyers | Manciple |
never found a party he didn’t like | Franklin |
owns greyhounds | Monk |
has gapped teeth | Wife of Bath |
son of the Knight | Squire |
could identify any wine by taste | Cook |
has a reputation for getting girls into “trouble” then finding husbands for them | Friar |
a smooth talker whose slick demeanor helps hide the fact he is in debt | Merchant |
wore a dagger on a lanyard around his neck | Skipper |
wearing a brooch that says, “Love Conquers All” | Prioress |
His name is Herbert | Friar |
20 years old | Squire |
is an able sailor, but very cruel | Skipper |
has a forked beard | Merchant |
he believes in astrology as a means of treating an illness | Doctor |
expert bowman | Yeoman |
carries a rusty sword | Reeve |
favorite food is roast swan | Monk |
loves to prepare fine dishes | Cook |
his name is Harry Baily | Host |
though not as smart as the students he serves, he was smart enough to put away a little money for himself | Manciple |
has been on religious pilgrimages to Jerusalem 3 times | Wife of Bath |
doesn’t require much sleep | Squire |
member of an impressive guild | Haberdasher |
very quick-tempered | Reeve |
he will drown prisoners if they cause him any problems | Skipper |
has fought in the Crusades | Knight |
tells the final tale | Parson |
licensed to hear confession | Friar |
his job is to listen to confessions | Pardoner |
student of the arts | Oxford Cleric |
plays a hurdy-gurdy | Monk |
is the perfect example of chivalry | Knight |
lacks spiritual nourishment | Doctor |
he, along with the Knight and Parson, is admired by Chaucer | Oxford Cleric |
suffers from a pus-running ulcer on his leg | Cook |
he is the Parson’s brother | Plowman |
doesn’t take his vows seriously | Monk |
dishonest | Reeve |
intellectual whose interests are in learning only | Oxford Cleric |
he is sent by the Church to summon persons suspected of breaking Church law | Summoner |
marriage broker | Friar |
assistant to the Knight and Squire | Yeoman |
enjoys women of questionable reputation | Summoner |
main interest is money | Monk |
he sells fake relics and Pardons” | Pardoner |
16 stones heavy | Miller |
he has hair as yellow as wax that hangs from his head in thin rat tails | Pardoner |
tells his tale first | Knight |
he has boils and skin sores | Summoner |
knew every judgment, case, and crime by heart | Serjeant at Law |
black Nostrils | Miller |
has been married 5 times | Wife of Bath |
children were afraid of him | Summoner |
old, choleric, thin | Reeve |
he lisped | Friar |
he is rough, coarse, ugly, and has a wart with hairs growing out of it on his nose | Miller |
was very thing and rode a thin horse | Oxford Cleric |
knows every port of the Mediterranean | Skipper |
his appalling physical condition may be a result of lechery | Summoner |
serves as a contrast to the Pardoner | Parson |
does not tell a tale | Yeoman |
a county landowner | Franklin |
lives in peace and pays his dues to the Church | Plowman |
likes to show off by speaking Latin when he gets drunk | Summoner |
owns many horses | Monk |
he is the most corrupt of all the travelers | Pardoner |
shining example of what a religious person should be | Parson |
for breakfast, he love to sop cake in wine | Franklin |
due to his high-pitched voice and his beardless face, Chaucer refers to him as a gelding or a mare | Pardoner |
he had a red face with carbuncles, narrow eyes, black scabby brows, and a thin beard | Summoner |
knows the remedies for love’s “mischance’s” | Wife of Bath |
carries a jar of pig bones which he tells people are holy relics | Pardoner |
horse’s name is Scott | Reeve |
speaks French (badly) | Prioress |
rids herself of husbands, wearing them out by nagging them to death | Wife of Bath |
there are several references to his effeminate nature | Pardoner |
would gladly learn and gladly teach | Oxford Cleric |
plays bagpipes as the pilgrims leave town | Miller |
a member of the most prominent members of the legal profession from whose ranks the king selects judges | Serjeant at Law |
dressed all in green | Yeoman |
knows everything about medicine, but seems to know little about the Bible | Doctor |
she dresses colorfully and is deaf in one ear | Wife of Bath |
is motley dressed | Merchant |
has large hips | Wife of Bath |
he owned a ship named The Maudelayne | Skipper |
has rust stains on his clothes from his armor | Knight |
her name is Madam Eglantyne | Prioress |
a clever man whose job is to purchase goods for a college or law school | Manciple |
has peacock feather arrows | Yeoman |
their wives enjoy the stature their husband have attained because it earns them social recognition | Haberdasher |
has curly hair | Squire |
she is a coarse woman who enjoys dirty jokes | Wife of Bath |
plays a harp | Friar |
owner of the Tabard Inn and travels with the troupe to be the judge of the best tale | Host |
is known for his cream dishes and his most famous dish – creamed chicken pie | Cook |
rides a horse well | Wife of Bath |
wore a threadbare overcoat | Oxford Cleric |
apparently made a ton of money during the plague, but never seems to spend any of it | Doctor |
good soldier but loves clothes, drink, and women | Squire |
rides last among the pilgrims | Reeve |
is the most admired of all the pilgrims | Knight |
enjoys male companionship | Wife of Bath |
never hesitates to share the fruits of life with others | Franklin |
tells filthy stories | Miller |
carries a dirk | Yeoman |
traveling with pet dogs with whom she is so obsessed she neglects the poor in her care | Prioress |
is in charge of feeding prospective lawyers | Manciple |
never found a party he didn’t like | Franklin |
owns greyhounds | Monk |
has gapped teeth | Wife of Bath |
son of the Knight | Squire |
could identify any wine by taste | Cook |
has a reputation for getting girls into “trouble” then finding husbands for them | Friar |
a smooth talker whose slick demeanor helps hide the fact he is in debt | Merchant |
wore a dagger on a lanyard around his neck | Skipper |
wearing a brooch that says, “Love Conquers All” | Prioress |