canterbury tales prologue part 2 quiz

haberdasher, dyer, carpenter, weaver, and carpet-maker

5 pilgrims traveling together; they dress very well (wealthy); they have silver purses and knives (normally made of brass); their uniforms are fresh and new; their wives want them to be members of the town council so they will also get recognition; they could possibly be on the pilgrimage to get away from their wives

miller

pilgrim whose job is to grind grain into flour; his job requires a lot of manual labor, he is strong; wart on his nose with red hair (physiognomy - short temper); likes to wrestle; able to rip doors off hinges or break them down by running at them head-first; big mouth and nose; steals grain and charges more than it is worth; good storyteller (inappropriate stories); white coat for flour to blend in; plays bagpipes to lead the pilgrims; very sly and cunning, but not smart; likes to argue (red hair)

for using blunt/rude/inappropriate language, and for neglecting the order and degree of the tales

what 2 things does chaucer apologize for?

morality and accuracy

what are the requirements for a pilgrim's story to be considered the best?

popular inns

what are the tabard and the bell?

a meal paid for by the rest of the pilgrims

what is the prize for the best story?

they have to cover the expenses of the entire journey for all of the pilgrims

what is the punishment if someone drops out of the story-telling game in the middle of the journey?

the knight

which pilgrim tells the first story?

since he has to repeat the stories accurately, it allows him to speak badly about a certain group of people

why did chaucer make it seem like the language that he uses in the stories is necessary?

pardoner

a pilgrim who has been hired by the church, not a member of the clergy, hired by the pope to raise money for the church; he sells documents that pardon people from their sins; he is traveling with the pardoner; he has oily, long, ratty yellow hair and bulging eyes; he has a high voice and can't grow a beard (might have had a procedure done to keep his high-pitch voice); he sells fake relics; he doesn't wear a hood and wears the most recent fashion; he is very feminine and very persuasive ("honey-tongue")

plowman

a pilgrim who is simple and hardworking; he is basically a farmer; he is the parson's brother (literally and figuratively); he loves god first, his neighbors next, and himself last; he donates more than he has to the church

draw cuts

how do the pilgrims decide who tells the first story?

21

how many of the pilgrims' stories did chaucer write before he died?

2 stories on the way there, 2 stories on the way back

how many stories does the host say each of the pilgrims should tell?

host (harry bailey)

owner of the tabard inn; masculine man; bright eyes and wide girth, which shows that the inn provides good food; good at interacting with people, wants guests to have a good time; proposes the idea of the pilgrims telling stories on the way to canterbury

parson

pilgrim who behaves the way every priest should behave (practices what he preaches, educated, humble, not a hypocrite, generous, sacrifices his own money, checks on parishioners); separate from other members of the clergy because he is an actual practicing religious person; doesn't have to be rich or higher up to be a good person

skipper

pilgrim who comes from dartmouth; he steals wine while the trader is asleep and kills prisoners (bad dude); he may have military experience; he is a pirate; he is very good at sailing, is able to read the tide and navigate by the stars; he is not used to riding a horse (sea legs); he wears wool to keep warm and repel water; might be based on a real person on the maudelayne

doctor

pilgrim who has been educated and deals with people of the upper class; he could tell from the stars what the diagnosis of a person was (zodiac signs); he used physiognomy to diagnose as well; he likes money and works with apothecaries to make more; his garments are red (difficult to dye, only worn by upper class) and made of taffeta (expensive); he believed that gold kept your heart beating, would make patients ingest gold and took it back from their body after they died; he got knowledge from asclepius; he didn't read the bible much but went on the church to make it seem like he was religious

wife of bath

pilgrim who has gap teeth; she has been to boulogne, cologne, st james of compostella, and jerusalem; she is somewhat deaf from hitting a man, falling, and hitting her head; her several divorces are odd because divorce was very serious; good weaver; has to be first to pay the tithe or else she won't pay it; relatively wealthy (dressed well); nice to be around, loves to laugh and talk and give relationship advice

summoner

pilgrim who is not a member of the clergy, but is employed by the church to bring sinners to the ecclesiastical court; he could enforce excommunication; has boils and pimples on his face that never go away; children were scared of him; loves stinky food; has knowledge with no substance (incorrectly says a latin phrase that he doesn't know the meaning of); overlooks sins that he is supposed to apprehend, bribes sinners for money and alcohol; wears garland on his head; carries travelers cake (pretends it is a shield) as a joke that no one else thinks is funny

cook

pilgrim who is very good at his job; he is able to distinguish ales by flavor (likes alcohol a little too much); has an ulcer on his knee

reeve

pilgrim who serves as an intermediary between serfs and the board of the manor; he is the last in the parade of pilgrims; he is old and thin; he keeps accounts for the estate, never been caught in debt; "fixes the books," takes money for himself to save for when his master goes into debt; he has a quick temper, makes people scared of him; he can figure out how much yield his crops and animals will have; he lives by himself away from other people (to deal with his temper); he was a carpenter when he was younger (meticulous); he is from baldeswell; he has a blue splayed coat so he can sit on his horse comfortably

manciple

pilgrim who works at the inner temple (law school), buys provisions for the people living there; goes to the market every day but never overspends (goes early, gets best produce for lowest price); he is good at bargaining; he is illiterate, but doesn't really need to know how to read/write with his job; works for extremely educated people, but they have theoretical knowledge while he has practical knowledge (how to stay out of debt/manage funds)