Satire in The Pardoner’s Tale

Question 1

How is the Pardoner characterized in this passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: He is greedy and self-centered.

Question 2

Which of these are examples of satire? Check all that apply.a magazine article exaggerating the public’s extreme reaction to a celebritya funny political cartoon exposing the flaws in a new government policya news report objectively describing a recent eventan ironic short story that draws attention to how unmotivated people can be a scientific report analyzing pollution dataa encyclopedia entry about a complex mathematical procedure

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: a magazine article exaggerating the public’s extreme reaction to a celebrity; B: a funny political cartoon exposing the flaws in a new government policy; D: an ironic short story that draws attention to how unmotivated people can be

Question 3

How does the passage satirize pardoners?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: by exaggerating the Pardoner’s extreme greed

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