CANTERBURY TALES GAME: Answer sheet
1. Westminster Abbey, Poet's Corner
2. An introduction, much like a preface but more detailed.
3. 29 officially, though the count is questionable when you add them up and include Bailey and
Chaucer.
4. April.
5. Canterbury, the shrine of martyred Saint Thomas a Becket, the archbishop.
6. Tabard Inn, Southwark, England.
7. They planned to tell 2 tales enroute to Canterbury and 2 tales on the return trip.
8. Some believed that the shrine had healing powers and others went to demonstrate religious obedience.
9. The distance was approximately 65 miles and they were to ride horses or walk there.
10. The person who told the best moral tale would receive a supper paid by all at the Tabard upon their return.
11. The Knight, he drew the shortest straw.
12. Most agree that he liked the Parson, the Plowman, and the Knight best because they were true to their social status, profession, and demonstrated high moral character.
13. The Squire, a sharp contrast to his dedicated father.
14. Clergy were corrupt. They practiced blackmail, extortion, and were notorious violators of their own clerical vows as well as church law.
15. His peacock feathers would have been a bit glamorous considering their purpose in making arrows straight and true.
16. The nun was very tenderhearted when it came to mice in traps and dogs whipped by their owners.
17. He called them "by no means undergrown."
18. Gold, silver, and exquisite cloths like silk were reserved for the upper class alone. The more simple your occupation, the more rude your attire.
19. The Sergeant at Law.
20. The Franklin. He lived for pleasure.
21. Some might have sought healing like the Cook and Wife of Bath. Others were out to make money or take advantage of folks like the Pardoner and the Summoner. The Wife of Bath might also have been seeking yet another husband.
22. Confession to a priest, penance, and true remorse.
23. Poverty, chastity, and silence.
24. He had an oozing ulcer on his knee.
25. The Oxford Cleric.
26. The Merchant.
27. He was known for making prisoners walk the plank.
28. The Friar.
29. The Miller, he always told dirty jokes.
30. They are not only brothers in the flesh, but in Christian spirit too.
31. A short story in sermon form.
32. The pardoner.
33. He studied lucky stars, planets, and utilized the four humours to make his diagnosis. Sometimes blood letting was also used.
34. He mesmerized them with fake holy relics and ended up securing more money in a day than most parsons did in a month.

35. He had a horrible appearance from acne and horrendous halitosis.
36. He never disclosed his physical appearance probably because it paled in comparison to his moral virtue or otherwise it was insignificant.
37. Red.
38. They seemed to have been in "cahoots" with one another in an effort to make money.
39. He sold stolen pardons and fake holy relics.
40. He utilized his thumb of gold to determine the quality of grain and charged three times his due.
41. The Parson. He was a holy man of good renown who never left his flock in danger. He gladly lived the messages he preached.
42. He died defending the church's authority to punish its clerics and remain tax exempt despite
Henry II's opposition. He was at prayer when the knights of Henry murdered him in the cathedral.
43. In wandering by the way and advising the lovelorn. She had been on many pilgrimages before and had experienced five marriages.
44. Gluttony, pride, envy, lechery, sloth, wrath, and greed.
45. It is foolish to pursue death. Drinking impairs one's thinking. Greed is the root of all evil.
Folks are easily misguided when money becomes a factor.
46. The Summoner
47. The Miller
48. Pardons that he had stolen