The Pardoner's Tale and Vocabulary TEST

A Pardoner is an official of the

• local government

• church

• King

• tax collector

The Pardoner earns money from all the following activities EXCEPT

• preaching against greed.

• begging from church to church.

• selling relics and papal pardons.

• making and selling baskets.

The stories about Death that the servant boy and the tavern--knave tell suggest that

• people are dying of the plague.

• people looked forward to death.

• death from violence and plague is rampant.

• Death will be hard to find

The Rioters go looking for Death because they

• know he has great treasure.

• want to banish him from England.

• plan to avenge the deaths of their friends.

• want to repent their sins and find salvation.

In "The Pardoner's Tale," Death is portrayed as

• both a skeletal figure and an evil angel.

• both the price of wickedness and a person.

• an old man selling wares by the side of the road.

• an archangel who kills people through natural disasters.

Which of the following statements best describes the end of the tale?

• The rioters meet death.

• The rioters become rich.

• Death takes the gold florins.

• Death takes a vacation.

Which word best describes the attitude the three rioters have when they declare, "And we will kill this traitor Death, I say! / Away with him as he had made away / With all our friends. God's dignity! Tonight!"

• prating

• prudent

• parley

• perish

After the rioters abandon their search for Death, they murder one another. This act is an example of

• dramatic irony

• poetic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

What is ironic about the attitude that the old man has toward Death?

• He refers to this grave as his "mother."

• He has seen death more than once.

• Most people refer to death as an event, not a person.

• Most people try to avoid death, but he looks for it.

After telling his tale, what does the Pardoner offer to do for his fellow pilgrims?

• He offers to sell them relics and pardons.

• He offers to buy them a round of drinks.

• He offers to explain the moral of the tale.

• He offers to pray for their souls.