Satire in The Pardoner’s Tale Answers

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Which statements accurately describe medieval pardoners? Choose three answers.They translated the Bible into English.They were authorized to preach.They distributed indulgences.They were considered the Pope’s equals.They accepted donations for the Church.

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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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