Canterbury Tales - The Pardoner's Tale

When the tale opens, what are the rioters doing? 

• Drinking
• Sleeping
• Nothing
• Dancing

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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? 

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

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An allegory has both    

• A literal and figurative meaning
• A figurative and symbolic meaning
• A literal and symbolic meaning
• A historical and biblical meaning

The Pardoner thinks that ...

• Money is the root of all evil
• Greed is the root of all evil
• The devil is the root of all evil
• Women are the root of all evil 

The Pardoner is an official of the ...

• Government
• Church 
• Community
• King

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Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?

• Heaven
• Death
• Money 
• Hell 

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Why do the rioters go looking for Death? 

• For repentance and salvation
• Avenge the death of their friends
• For great treasure
• To banish him from England 

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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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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