5 Written Questions

1. A sincere, devout student at Oxford University who loves learning and is respected by all the pilgrims. He is very poor because he spends all his money on books.
2. The steward for a law school. Although not as intelligent as the law students, he is clever and shrewd enough to be able to put away some money for himself.
3. A large and wealthy landowner who enjoys fine living and good companionship.
4. A very devout nun who, because she believes that idleness leads to sin, begins her story immediately.
5. A shrewd and intelligent man who knows how to strike a good bargain and is a member of the rich rising middle class.

5 Matching Questions

1. The Man of Law (or Sergeant of Law)
2. The Shipman
3. The Physician
4. The Squire
5. The Wife of Bath (Alisoun)

1. a A doctor who can speak knowingly of medicines, drugs, and humours, and who knows astrology as well. He is fond of gold and makes a lot of money during the plague season.
2. b A huge, uncouth man who can steer a ship but flounders on his horse.
3. c Characterized as gat-toothed, somewhat deaf, and wearing bright scarlet red stockings. She has had five husbands (the last half her age), enjoys her freedom, and is openly sensual.
4. d A vain, lusty young man and a candidate for knighthood. He can sing, write poetry, and ride a horse very well, and considers himself a lady's man.
5. e A lawyer and one of the high justices of the court. He is cautious, suspicious, and wise, and one of the more cultivated men among the pilgrims.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. The most complex of all the pilgrims. He is an intellect and uses advanced psychological means to gain his objective. Although he is not a good person, he can preach a good sermon.
   1. The Pardoner
   2. The Parson
   3. The Monk
   4. The Summoner
2. Although not one of the pilgrims, the Canon appears with his servant (the Yeoman) but leaves when his Yeoman begins a tale.
   1. The Nun's Priest
   2. The Canon and the Canon's Yeoman
   3. The Second Nun
   4. The Man of Law (or Sergeant of Law)
3. Drunken revelers who decide to find Death and slay him.
   1. The Reeve
   2. The Summoner
   3. The Three Rioters
   4. The Pardoner
4. A drunken, brash, and vulgar man who rudely interrupts the Host, demands that his tale be next, and warns everyone that his tale about a carpenter will be vulgar because it is true.
   1. The Miller
   2. The Manciple
   3. The Reeve
   4. The Clerk
5. A very genteel lady who is coy and delicate. She has precise manners, eats as an aristocrat would, and wears a gold brooch with "Love conquers all" inscribed in Latin.
   1. The Prioress (Madame Eglantine)
   2. The Host (Harry Bailey)
   3. The Wife of Bath (Alisoun)
   4. The Merchant

5 True/False Questions

1. The Cook → Known for his cooking and characterized by a chancre sore that runs with pus. His story is incomplete.

   True        False

2. The Parson → A very poor but very holy and virtuous religious man who tells a highly moral tale. He gives his scant money to his poor parishioners and tries to live the perfect life and set an ideal for others.

   True        False

3. The Monk → A man who tends the property of the monastery. He is fat and happy, loves good food and wine, and finds the taverns more to his liking than the cold, severe monastery.

   True        False

4. The Host (Harry Bailey) → Drunken revelers who decide to find Death and slay him.

   True        False

5. Hubert, the Friar → A doctor who can speak knowingly of medicines, drugs, and humours, and who knows astrology as well. He is fond of gold and makes a lot of money during the plague season.

   True        False