The Pardoner's Tale
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The vice against which the Pardoner preaches in all of his sermons is:
lechery
gluttony
greed
sloth
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the Pardoner says "That trick's been worth a hundred marks a year," "that trick" refers to:
showing his audience bulls from the popes, cardinals, and bishops to demonstrate his impressive connections.
making his audience choose between paying him and appearing to others to be sinful.
sprinkling a few words of Latin in his sermons to "stir devotion with a spice of teaching"
stretching his neck and gesturing like an actor during his sermons to entertain his audiences.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
By saying that "covetousness is both the root and stuff of all I preach," the Pardoner means that
he is motivated by and preaches about greed
his sermons are all about hypocrisy
all of his ideas for sermons come from thinking about the Bible.
his sermons succeed because his audiences are covetous.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
All of the following are ironic, except
an immoral man is an able teller of moral tales
an avaricious man makes a living by preaching against avarice.
an ugly man is a successful preacher.
an avaricious man can get covetous men to repent of their covetousness.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
By "I do not preach in vain," the Pardoner means that he
convinces his audiences to stop being vain through his preaching.
satisfies his vanity by preaching
saves souls through his preaching
makes money from preaching.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Radix malorum est cupiditas" means
"poverty is the root of all evil."
"the root of evil is greed"
"love heals all"
"A little learning is a dangerous thing"
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The office of the Pardoner was part of
the local governing body
the King's privy counsel
the Catholic Church
the Anglican Church
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