Satire in The Pardoner’s Tale

Question 1

auto = "self"crat/cracy = "rule"dem = "people"Which sentence uses the underlined word correctly?

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Since the leader consolidated all the power for his own use, the country is now essentially an autocracy.

Question 2

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.Enkidu said, "Don't worry, my friend,the dream you had is a favorable one.Again, the mountain stands for Humbaba.He threw you down, but he could not kill you.As for the handsome young man who appeared,he stands for Lord Shamash, who will rescue youand grant you everything you desire."

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Lord Shamash will help Gilgamesh defeat Humbaba.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from Grendel.I was safe in my tree, and the men who fought were nothing to me, except of course that they talked in something akin to my language, which meant that we were, incredibly, related. I was sickened, if only at the waste of it: all they killed—cows, horses, men—they left to rot or burn. I sacked all I could and tried to store it, but my mother would growl and make faces because of the stink.

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He is careful and respectful of animal life.

Question 4

Read the sentence.Abashed by the harsh criticism, the mortifying writer decided to rewrite the beginning of the book.

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change “mortifying” to “mortified”

Question 5

DanishFrenchGermanicSwedish

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Germanic

Question 6

Read the sentence.Once the scientist completed to assemble the components, she tested her new device to see if it performed as expected.

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assembling

Question 7

ac- = "to"cept = "take or receive"ex- = "leave out"

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I am very happy to accept the summer job.

Question 8

Read the paragraph from Lucy’s narrative.I could see that my neighbor was struggling with the lone bag of groceries cradled in her arms, but I wasn’t sure what I should do. Grandma June—what all the neighborhood kids had called her for as long as I could remember—had always been the one to care for us, to help us build stronger forts, to grow better flowers, and to learn from our mistakes. To ask if she needed help with something as simple as carrying in one bag of groceries would be like shouti

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a few lines of dialogue between the writer and Grandma June

Question 9

Read the excerpt from Grendel.Thus I fled, ridiculous hairy creature torn apart by poetry—crawling, whimpering, streaming tears, across the world like a two-headed beast, like mixed-up lamb and kid at the tail of a baffled, indifferent ewe—and I gnashed my teeth and clutched the sides of my head as if to heal the split, but I couldn’t.

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as upset and confused

Question 10

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.Gilgamesh dropped his axe, appalled.Enkidu said, "Courage, dear friend,Close your ears to Humbaba's curses.Don't listen to a word. Slaughter him! Now!"Gilgamesh, hearing his beloved friend,came to himself.

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Encouragement offers powerful motivation.

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