Satire in The Pardoner’s Tale

Question 1

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.In Flanders there was once a companyOf youngsters wedded to such sin and follyAs gaming, dicing, brothels, and taverns,Where, night and day, with harps, lutes, and citherns,They spend their time in dicing and in dancing,Eating and drinking more than they can carry;And with these abominable excessesThey offer up the vilest sacrifices . . .

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D: immoral

Question 2

Satire is an author’s use of

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D: humor to criticize human folly.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from The Pardoner’s Tale in The Canterbury Tales.And it fell to the youngest of them all,And he set off at once towards the town.And thereupon, so soon as he was gone,One of the two who stayed said to the other:"You know, of course, that you are my sworn brother.I’ll tell you something that you won’t lose by.As you can see, our friend has gone away,And here is gold, and that in greatest plenty,All waiting to be split between us three.How would it be, if I can work it soThat it is only shared between us two,Wouldn’t I be doing you a friendly turn?”

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C: as deceitful

Question 4

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.Thus I know how to preach against the vice Which masters me—and that is avarice.Though I myself am guilty of the sin,I know how to make other people turnFrom avarice, and bitterly repent.

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D: hypocritical

Question 5

Which statements are examples of characterization? Select three answers.

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A,B,D

Question 6

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.I preach just as you’ve heard me say; and tell A hundred taradiddles more as well.And then I do my best to stretch my neckAnd bob my head in every directionOver the folk, now this way, and now that,Just like a pigeon sitting on a barn. Both hands and tongue are busy, and so quickThat it’s a joy to watch me at my work.

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C: by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances

Question 7

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.For I’ll have money, wool, and cheese, and wheat,Though given by the poorest serving-lad,Or by the poorest widow in the place,Were all her children dying of famine,No, no! I’ll drink the ichor of the vine,And have a pretty girl in every town.But hear me out now, gentlemen . . .

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D: The Pardoner’s disregard for people experiencing poverty reveals the Church’s hypocrisy.

Question 8

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales."To start with, I declare where I’ve come from,And then produce my certificates, one by one;My licence with the seal of our lord bishopWhich I show first—that’s to protect myselfSo that nobody, whether priest or cleric,Dares interdict me from Christ’s holy work.”

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B: the acceptance of the Church’s authority

Question 9

Which statements are examples of characterization? Select three answers.“I don’t think your joke is funny,” she huffed, glowering at her friend.The tardy bell rang, but he sauntered to class unconcerned.The house loomed ominously on the hill; no occupants were visible.She waited patiently as she carefully adjusted the telescope.The town’s laws required that all teenagers be home by 11 p.m.

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57159,57160,57162

Question 10

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.I can sting with my tongue; and when I preachI sting so hard, the fellow can’t escapeSlander and defamation, if so beHe’s wronged my fellow-pardoners, or me,Even if I don’t give his actual name,Yet everybody knows that he’s the oneFrom hints, and other circumstantialities—That’s how I deal with people who annoy us;That’s how I spit out venom, under guiseOf piety, and seem sincerely pious.

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C: by revealing the clergy’s vindictive abuse of power

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