The Pardoner's Tale

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales, The Pardoner's Tale?

• William Shakespeare

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• George Cavendish

• Christopher Marlowe‎

What entertainment is suggested to pass time while on this pilgrimage?

• present musical performances

• hold stage auditions

• display their dancing abilities

• tell stories along the way, there and back

How does the Pardoner keep up his extravagant lifestyle?

• His church is willing to pay his expenses.

• He steals from town banks to pay his way.

• He sells "authentic" holy relics from Rome.

• He tells stories to make people buy pardons.

What would you most likely predict based on what the tavern boy tells the three rioters?

• A corpse and a coffin is passing on the street.

• The plague will spare the rioters lives.

• Death will appear in person to the rioters.

• The tavern boy has been cursed and will die.

Why do the rioters go looking for death in the tale?

• they don't want to be next to die.

• they were commissioned by the king.

• to avenge the death of their friend.

• for them to become famous for killing death.

After the rioters' rude greeting toward the old man, the old man...

• ignores their questions, and lets them go on their way.

• responds to them with patience, advice, and warning.

• focuses solely on their mistreatment and abusive talk.

• encourages them to seek the pleasures of life.

What is avarice?

• jealousy

• criticism

• greed

• hypocrisy

If you parley with someone, you would...

• give directions

• slow dance

• engage in an argument

• have a conference

The way that the rioters interact with the old man shows their...

• justified impatience

• unkind insensitivity

• humble curiosity

• intense hatred

What do the rioters find instead of Death?

• gold

• a huge tree with an hollowed entry

• the old friend they thought died

• a money tree