Pardoner's Tale

Parley

• Meeting

• Vegetable

• Lover's Quarrel

• Greed

Avarice

• Justice

• Type of bird

• Greed

• Plan

Castigate

• Fencing material

• to criticize

• to work as a team

• to reward

Death is portrayed as or represented by

• a price paid for greed

• an actual person

• all of the above

What social class did the Pardoner belong to?

• Church

• Feudal Order

• Middle Class

• Upper Class

When the rioters murder each other rather than murdering Death

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Indirect Characterization

Why is it ironic that the Pardoner preaches against avarice?

• He wants to help others

• He is greedy

• He is lonely

• He has a small goat voice

What do the rioters find under the tree?

• An old man

• Death - the man

• Money

• Poison

In the allegory of the tale, which of these qualities do the rioters represent?

• old age and death

• honor and greed

• greed and betrayal

• fame and fortune

The moral of the tale is…

• Friends should never be trusted

• Greed is the root of all evil

• A promise is a promise

• Old men are not to be trusted