The Pardoner's Tale

26 August 2022
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A Pardoner is an official of the- a. king b. church c. local government d. feudal manor
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B
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The Pardoner earns money from all of the following activities except- a. preaching against greed b. begging from church to church c. selling relics and papal pardons d. making and selling baskets
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D
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The stories about Death that the servant boy and the tavern-knave tell suggest that- a. death from violence and plague is rampant b. Death will be hard to find c. people are dying of plague d. people look forward to death
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A
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The rioters go looking for Death because they- a. want to repent of their sins and find salvation b. plan to avenge the deaths of their friends c. know he has great treasure d. want to banish him from England
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B
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In "The Pardoner's Tale," Death is portrayed as- a. both the price of wickedness and an actual person b. both a skeletal figure and an evil angel c. an old man selling wares by the side of the road d. an archangel who kills people through natural disaster and war
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A
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Which of the following statements best describes the end of the tale? a. the rioters become rich b. the rioters meet death c. Death takes the gold florins d. Death takes a holiday
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B
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The character who prevents a fight between the Pardoner and the Host is the- a. Squire b. Knight c. Monk d. Oxford Clerk
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B
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The Pardoner's pious story reveals his- a. honesty b. ignorance c. sensitivity d. immorality
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D
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Which of the following words best describes the Pardoner's treatment of the Host? a. angry b. generous c. uneducated d. mocking
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A
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After telling his tale, what does the Pardoner offer to do for his fellow pilgrims? a. buy them a round of drinks b. explain the moral of the tale c. sell them relics and pardons d. pray for their souls
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C
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The old man's comment to the three rioters that Death "isn't one to hide for all your prating" is an example of- a. imagery b. a moral c. verbal irony d. situational irony
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C
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It is ironic that the Pardoner preaches against avarice, because he is- a. especially greedy b. a pious man c. a friend of the Summoner's d. rude to the host
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A
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What is ironic about the attitude that the old man has toward Death? a. most people seek to avoid death, but the old man looks forward to it b. he has seen death more than once c. he refers to his grave as his "mother" d. most people refer to death as an event not a person
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A
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After the rioters abandon their search or Death, they murder one another. This act is an example of- a. dramatic irony b. situational irony c. poetic irony d. verbal irony
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B