"The Pardoner's Tale" Quiz

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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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 

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Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?

• Heaven
• Death
• Money 
• Hell 

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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 

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What is avarice?

• jealousy
• opportunism
• greed
• hypocrisy

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As soon as the rioters find the tree and the gold, they...

• end the agreement between them
• start attacking the old man viciously
• begin to suspect Death of tricking them
• forget all about Death because of their greed

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The youngest rioter buys poison because he...

• wants all the treasure for himself
• hopes to help the old man find death
• notices wild animals around the treasure
• knows that the other two are planning his death

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