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The Pardoner's Tale

Authored by catherine smith

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

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The Pardoner's Tale
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

George Cavendish

Christopher Marlowe‎

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is avarice?

jealousy

criticism

greed

hypocrisy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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