The pardoner's Tale

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An allegory is...

• ...a story that represents something beyond itself.

• ...when the characters or story represent historical events.

• ...represent abstract or moral ideas.

• ...All of the above.

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What can you infer from these words of the Pardoner in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

For my exclusive purpose is to win

And not at all to castigate their sin.

Once dead what matter how their souls may fare?

They can go blackberrying, for all I care!

• He wants his parishioners to seek forgiveness for their sins.

• He wants his parishioners to work harder at farming for blackberries.

• He wants his parishioners to think about what will happen when they die.

• He wants his parishioners to give him plenty of their money.

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What passes by the rioters that catches their attention? 

• A coffee machine
• A talking donkey
• A coffin
• A pretty lady

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What kind of people are the rioters? What moral lesson does the Pardoner convey through his use of an allegory in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

• Devout Christians
• Trouble-makers - drinking before 9 am
• Hardworking 
• Good people 

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Which is the definition to tarry?

• unnatural lack of color; paleness

• To delay or linger

• skillfully; with ease and quickness

• pharmacist; druggist

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What moral lesson does the Pardoner convey through his use of an allegory in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

• Greed is the root of all evil.

• Even the best of friends cannot be trusted.

• Evil men will get what they deserve.

• People are not always what they seem.

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What do you learn about "The Pardoner's Tale" by rereading these lines?

And then Death went his way without a word.

He's killed a thousand in the present plague,

And, sir, it doesn't do to be too vague

If you should meet him; you had best be wary.

• The rioters should stay away from death.

• Death can be avoided if you are careful.

• Death would rather not speak.

• The plague poses a serious threat to this society.

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Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?

• Heaven
• Death
• Money 
• Hell 

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Which is the definition to hoary?

• unnatural lack of color; paleness

• walked at an unhurried pace

• white or gray with age

• skillfully; with ease and quickness

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Which statement best describes the end of the Pardoner's Tale? 

• The rioters become rich
• The rioters meet death
• Death takes the gold florins
• Death takes a holiday

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Which words best describe the three rioters in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

• greedy and rough

• friendly and fun-loving

• smart and dangerous

• cautious and sneaky

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After the rioters abandon their search for Death, they murder each other.  This is an example of ...

• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Poetic Irony 

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What is avarice?

• jealousy
• opportunism
• greed
• hypocrisy

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Reread these lines that are spoken by the old man in "The Pardoner's Tale." What does he mean?

About the earth, which is my mother's gate,

Knock-knocking with my staff from night to noon

And crying, 'Mother, open to me soon!

Look at me, mother, won't you let me in?'

• He wants to find his mother.

• He wants to die.

• He wants a place to live.

• He is tired of wandering.

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Which is the definition to pallor?

• pharmacist; druggist

• to delay or linger

• white or gray with age

• unnatural lack of color; paleness

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Why does the old man send the three rioters to the tree in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

• so the three rioters will not kill him

• so the three rioters will go to their own deaths

• so the three rioters can find gold

• so he will have time to escape

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While the youngest rioter goes back to town for food and wine, what do the other two plan?

• how to help the old man
• what story to tell others about the gold they found
• how to carry the coins back to town
• how to kill the youngest rioter

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What method will the two rioters use to kill the youngest rioter?

• leave him alone in the forest
• poison him
• play wrestle then stab him in the back
• take his food so he will starve

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What is one characteristic of an allegory that is found in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

• rhyming of every two lines

• a story that occurs within the story

• a tale that is told as a long prose poem

• the use of characters to stand for ideas

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What does "radix malorum est cupiditas" mean?

• Never trust another person
• Nobody can escape death
• Greed is the root of all evil
• Don't go looking for death

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Which is the definition of sauntered?

• walked at an unhurried pace

• skillfully; with ease and quickness

• unnatural lack of color; paleness

• white or gray with age

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The Pardoner's Tale is an example of what?

• An Allegory
• A quest
• An epic
• a short story

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In "The Pardoner's Tale," what do the two rioters decide to do after they have sent their friend for food and wine?

• To kill their friend when he returns

• To give some money to the old man

• To carry away the money that night

• To take the money while he is gone

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The Pardoner is an official of the...

• civic association

• king

• government

• church

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Why did the rioters want to move the coins at night?

• avoid suspicion

• seek help from the local farmer

• so no one will take the coins

• they didn't want death to see them

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What does the young rioter decide while on his way into town for food and wine in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

• to poison his friends

• to look for Death on his way

• to find the old man and warn him

• to tell the old man what they found

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Who is the old man in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

• hope

• a thief and wanderer

• Death

• mean-spirited villager

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In "The Pardoner's Tale," which character or characters does the Pardoner most closely resemble?

• Death

• the old man

• his parishioners

• the three rioters

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Which character trait leads to the downfall of the three rioters in "The Pardoner's Tale"?

• innocence

• greed

• jealousy

• pride

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The __________ sold the young rioter a strong poison that he mixed with wine.

• tarry

• pallor

• prating

• apothecary

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Which word is closest in meaning to deftly?

• awkwardly

• skillfully

• eagerly

• quickly

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The old man's beard was thick and __________ .

• pallor

• tarry

• hoary

• sauntered

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What did the 3 rioters find at the tree?

• Death

• A pile of gold coins

• Nothing at all

• A body

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Why do they want to wait before they take the gold away?

• People would be suspicious in daylight

• They cannot see well at night.

• Death will be waiting for them if they leave any earlier.

• They have to get sober before they can leave.

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How do they eventually find what they're looking for?

• They decide to divide the money 3 ways and leave.

• They find death by drinking too much.

• The old man finds them and kills them; he then takes the money.

• They kill one another in their efforts to get more gold.

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In his prologue, the Pardoner claims he likes to

• give rousing sermons about the destructive force of sin to make people feel guilty.

• give a rousing sermon about the destructive force of sin and then ask the congregation for donations when they are excited.

• preach about sin because it always creates some excitement among the congregation.

• preach to sinners about how they are going to hell unless they repent.

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Why are the three young rioters looking for death?

• death stole their horse

• death was killing everyone

• death told them to find him

• none of the above

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What does the youngest rioter purchase from the apothecary in town?

• poison to kill the other rioters

• he purchases herbs for a tea

• honey

• medicine for a headache

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true or false. the rioters find death

• true

• false

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true or false: the pardoner is aware of his hypocrisy

• false

• true

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In his prologue, the Pardoner admits to all of the following except...

• being a good liar

• not caring what happens to a person's souls when they die

• keeping the money meant for the church for himself

• being a honorable man of God

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Which statement about how the three (3) brother treated the old man is TRUE?

• They treat the old man with respect because the "holy writ" commands it

• They treat the old man with kindness and flattery because they want his gold

• They treat the old man with disrespect because they are rude and drunk

• They treat the old man with hostility because he won't serve them anymore wine