Characters
Parties all night, embroidered like a meadow
the Squire
Uses astronomy and techniques of science.
Doctor (Physician)
The month The Canterbury Tales take place
April
The 3 rioters in the Pardoner's Tale want to kill this figure
Death
whale-road and spear-bearers, for instance
kenning
This clergyman has yellow hair and false relics.
Pardoner
He'll make you walk the plank
Skipper (Captain)
How many tales each pilgrim will tell on the way to Canterbury
two
This is how the youngest rioter meets his end
stabbed by the other two
a honey hunter
Beowulf
a purchasing agent, but illiterate
Manciple
His house snowed with meat
Franklin
Where the pilgrims meet before journeying
The Tabard Inn
What women most desire
sovereignty over their husbands
the goodwife
Looks busier than he actually is
Sergeant at the Law
Harry Bailey
Who is the Host?
The language of The Canterbury Tales
Middle English
In the Wife of Bath's tale, how much time the knight has to find an answer
one year and a day
The person Will meets on his journey
Envy
Loves to hunt and break his religious code.
Who is the Monk?
the Friar
The reward for the winner of the story-telling contest
a dinner paid for by the other pilgrims
The Pardoner admits to this vice; ironic because he preaches against it
greed
The love interest of Barbara Allen
John Graeme