Geoffrey Chaucer’s
Pilgrims
in The Canterbury Tales:
An Interactive Review
Claudia House
Shelbyville Central High School
12th grade Literature
This quiz will review
Geoffrey Chaucer’s
descriptions of the
pilgrims in The Canterbury
Tales.
The most famous
illuminated edition
of Chaucer’s The
Canterbury Tales
is the Ellesmere
manuscript which
can currently be
seen at the
Huntington Library
and Art Gallery in
San Marino,
California.
This lesson correlates with
Tennessee State Standards
on reading at the 12th
grade level (specifically
standards 2.02, 2.03, 2.04,
2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 2.12,
and 2.15).
Procedures
• Read each question
carefully.
• Click on the correct
answer for each question.
My long locks of yellow hair look
so great when I sing the
Offertory.
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Summoner
Pardoner
Parson
Yeoman
That’s not me!
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again.
You know me so well!
• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I am always looking out for the
king’s best interest and will fight
for him whenever I need to if I’m
not rescuing a damsel in
distress:
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Squire
Knight
Miller
Weaver
That’s not me!
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again.
You know me so well!
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the next question.
I am a great lover of animals; I
enjoy a delicious meal and keep
my golden brooch shiny.
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Wife of Bath
Nun
Cook
Haberdasher
That’s not me!
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again.
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the next question.
I am a deeply religious man and I
make sure that the church gets
its due from its parishioners.
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Monk
Haberdasher
Parson
Manciple
That’s not me!
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again.
You know me so well!
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the next question.
I have a fine coat, a beautiful hat,
and shiny boots; I think that the
police should guard trade ships
at sea.
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Sergeant at the Law
Merchant
Miller
Reeve
That’s not me!
• Click on the button below to try
again.
You know me so well!
• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I require little sleep; I am a lover,
a fighter, a scholar, and a
musician.
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Squire
Oxford Cleric
Miller
Reeve
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again.
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• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I am a young man who hopes to
one day practice what I study. I
love books above all else.
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Shipman
Reeve
Franklin
Oxford Cleric
That’s not me!
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again.
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the next question.
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I am cheerful and goodhumored; I think life is made to
bring pleasure; I am a most
excellent host.
Friar
Skipper
Carpet-maker
Franklin
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again.
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the next question.
I am a man of the woods and an
excellent protector and hunter.
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Yeoman
Squire
Manciple
Haberdasher
That’s not me!
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again.
You know me so well!
• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I am not ruled by my conscience;
in battles at sea in my barge The
Maudelayne, I take no prisoners.
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Reeve
Skipper
Summoner
Franklin
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again.
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• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I’m very able in my red gown; I
help the apothecaries keep a
good supply of gold.
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Manciple
Reeve
Doctor
Pardoner
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again.
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the next question.
I like to travel and shop; I’ve
found a great way to afford my
likes!
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Friar
Haberdasher
Summoner
Wife of Bath
That’s not me!
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again.
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the next question.
I take my good education and
help those in my town; I try to be
a good example of how to live a
Christian life to all who meet me.
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Parson
Merchant
Oxford Cleric
Monk
That’s not me!
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again.
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the next question.
My red, pimply face makes
children scream; I love to eat
garlic, onions, and leeks.
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Pardoner
Summoner
Franklin
Friar
That’s not me!
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again.
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the next question.
I like to minister to tavern
keepers and barmaids; the Pope
allows me to arrange penance
for a those who can afford me.
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Pardoner
Summoner
Friar
Knight
That’s not me!
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again.
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• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I am an honest worker, good and
true; I live by my work with the
soil.
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Weaver
Plowman
Carpenter
Dyer
That’s not me!
• Click on the button below to try
again.
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the next question.
I am a big man who likes to
participate in tests of strength
and drinking games if I’m not
playing my bagpipes.
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Reeve
Carpet-maker
Miller
Haberdasher
That’s not me!
• Click on the button below to try
again.
You know me so well!
• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I know how to earn money and
spend it wisely.
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Manciple
Miller
Reeve
Summoner
That’s not me!
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again.
You know me so well!
• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I have a short temper and I know
every trick in the book; as an
auditor, no one can gain a point
on me!
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Weaver
Squire
Haberdasher
Reeve
That’s not me!
• Click on the button below to try
again.
You know me so well!
• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
All is fee-simple to me; I know
the property laws by heart; no
one can find a loophole in the
legal documents I write.
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Doctor
Manciple
Oxford Cleric
Sergeant at the Law
That’s not me!
• Click on the button below to try
again.
You know me so well!
• Click the button below to go to
the next question.
I am the best at preparing
chicken, if I could only get this
ulcer to stop oozing!
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Manciple
Reeve
Weaver
Cook
That’s not me!
• Click on the button below to try
again.
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the next question.
Congratulations!
• You are now ready to
successfully take the test!
Sources for illustrations
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PowerPoint clip art
www.digitalmedievalist.com
www.whyfiles.org
www.dlib.org
www.godecookery.com
www.huntington.org/HLPress/medieval.html
www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Literature/englit_1/genpro
.htm
• http://pages.preferred.com/~davisrm/women.htm