WorksheetsThe Pardoner's Tale
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 15mins
The vice against which the Pardoner preaches in all of his sermons is:
lechery
gluttony
greed
sloth
When the Pardoner says "That trick's been worth a hundred marks a year," "that trick" refers to:
showing his audience bulls from the popes, cardinals, and bishops to demonstrate his impressive connections.
making his audience choose between paying him and appearing to others to be sinful.
sprinkling a few words of Latin in his sermons to "stir devotion with a spice of teaching"
stretching his neck and gesturing like an actor during his sermons to entertain his audiences.
By saying that "covetousness is both the root and stuff of all I preach," the Pardoner means that
he is motivated by and preaches about greed
his sermons are all about hypocrisy
all of his ideas for sermons come from thinking about the Bible.
his sermons succeed because his audiences are covetous.
All of the following are ironic, except
an immoral man is an able teller of moral tales
an avaricious man makes a living by preaching against avarice.
an ugly man is a successful preacher.
an avaricious man can get covetous men to repent of their covetousness.
By "I do not preach in vain," the Pardoner means that he
convinces his audiences to stop being vain through his preaching.
satisfies his vanity by preaching
saves souls through his preaching
makes money from preaching.
"Radix malorum est cupiditas" means
"poverty is the root of all evil."
"the root of evil is greed"
"love heals all"
"A little learning is a dangerous thing"
The office of the Pardoner was part of
the local governing body
the King's privy counsel
the Catholic Church
the Anglican Church
When the tale opens, what are the rioters doing?
drinking
nothing
dancing
sleeping
What passes the rioters by that catches their attention?
A knight
A priest
A coffin
A horse
What kind of people are the rioters?
Upstanding citizens
gamblers and drunks
hardworking people
good people
The Pardoner admits to being...
thoughtful
evil
kind
greedy
Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?
the knight
the king
the old man
death
Why do the rioters go looking for death in the tale?
to be paid
they were commissioned by the king
avenge the death of their friend
earn fame and fortune
Where did the old man say death was?
under the tree
in an old abandoned building
under a bridge
he wasn't in town anymore
Why did the rioters want to move the coins at night?
avoid suspicion
seek help from the local farmer
so no one will take the coins
they didn't want death to see them
What did the youngest rioter do while he was in town?
talk to a friend
go to the bar
get drunk
buy bread, wine and poison
What are indulgences?
a sin
punishment given by the courts
necklaces worn by priests
certificates of forgiveness
What does the word avarice mean?
greed
love
hope
charity
Death went his way without a word - is an example of...
personification
metaphor
simile
analogy
How do the rioters act towards the old man?
with love
with concern
with hatred
with disrespect
Florins are...
coins
fish
brightly colored glass
flowers
If you have a "parley" with someone, you...
sing with them
eat with them
dance with them
talk with them
What was the cause of so much death during this time period?
unemployment
wars
starvation
The Black plague
When the rioters plot against each other, it is an example of...
verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
When the rioters expect to find death under the tree and find gold instead, it is an example of...
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
When the rioters say, "trust me" it is an example of...
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Between what 2 locations are the pilgrims traveling?
Georgia and Canterbury
Scotland and England
London and Canterbury
America and England
What month of the year is it?
December
July
February
April
What is verbal irony?
using sarcastic tones for humorous purposes
saying one thing but meaning another
symbolizing an aspect of characterization
showing human characteristics in animate objects
How do they eventually find what they're looking for?
They decide to divide the money 3 ways and leave.
They find death by drinking too much.
The old man finds them and kills them; he then takes the money.
They kill one another in their efforts to get more gold.
