WorksheetsCanterbury Tales - The Pardoner's Tale
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When the tale opens, what are the rioters doing?
a)
Drinking
b)
Sleeping
c)
Nothing
d)
Dancing
2.
What passes by the rioters that catches their attention?
a)
A coffee machine
b)
A talking donkey
c)
A coffin
d)
A pretty lady
3.
What kind of people are the rioters?
a)
Devout Christians
b)
Trouble-makers - drinking before 9 am
c)
Hardworking
d)
Good people
4.
An allegory has both
a)
A literal and figurative meaning
b)
A figurative and symbolic meaning
c)
A literal and symbolic meaning
d)
A historical and biblical meaning
5.
The Pardoner thinks that ...
a)
Money is the root of all evil
b)
Greed is the root of all evil
c)
The devil is the root of all evil
d)
Women are the root of all evil
6.
The Pardoner is an official of the ...
a)
Government
b)
Church
c)
Community
d)
King
7.
Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?
a)
Heaven
b)
Death
c)
Money
d)
Hell
8.
Why do the rioters go looking for Death?
a)
For repentance and salvation
b)
Avenge the death of their friends
c)
For great treasure
d)
To banish him from England
9.
Which statement best describes the end of the Pardoner's Tale?
a)
The rioters become rich
b)
The rioters meet death
c)
Death takes the gold florins
d)
Death takes a holiday
10.
After the rioters abandon their search for Death, they murder each other. This is an example of ...
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Situational Irony
c)
Verbal Irony
d)
Poetic Irony
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