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QuizMultiple Choice

Satire in The Pardoner’s Tale

Question 9 • CA-English Language Arts 12 A-CR

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.

Answer
b
by stating that they are lazy when they talk to parishioners
b
by illustrating their sinful behavior outside the pulpit
b
by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances
b
by implying that they are unwilling to learn from their mistakes