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The Pardoner's Tale

29. Of what use is the bone?

a. It could be used over and over again to make nutritious soups for devoted Christians

who were too poor to afford meat.

b. It could be used as a defense against attackers. It caused extreme pain anywhere it

touched someone with evil thoughts.

c. It brought good luck.

d. It would cure animals' snake bites or sores. It was also a cure for jealousy.

30. For what use is the mitten and under what condition will it work?

a. It will provide the wearer with extremely strong hands and arms if his thoughts are for good works like

farming rather than evil works like murder.

b. It will cure most illnesses if the wearer has made a pilgrimage.

c. It will increase the yield of grain provided the wearer has made a donation to the

church.

d. It will keep the wearer from adultery if he says at least one prayer each day.

31. Describe the "trick" which has been worth a hundred marks a year to the Pardoner.

a. The Pardoner has a bird that lights on the shoulder of someone who is about to be

forgiven. In reality, the Pardoner looks over his audience, finds someone who looks

rich, and signals the bird to land there. The forgiven sinners usually make a large

donation.

b. He preaches that the very sinful members of his flock cannot make an offering, but that

the virtuous members may, and he will absolve them.

c. He sells small bottles of water that he says is holy water. It is supposed to wash away

the sins of the person who drinks it.

d. He has one person in the congregation stand up and tell how much more holy his life

has been and how he feels spiritually fulfilled since he gave all of his worldly goods to

the church.

32. What is the Pardoner's purpose? What is he supposed to do?

a. His real purpose is to make money. He is supposed to be concerned with saving souls.

b. His purpose is to convert people and save their souls. That is what he does.

c. His real purpose is to save souls. He is supposed to be collecting money for his church.

d. His real purpose is to look for a rich wife. He is supposed to be telling people about

god.

33. What is ironic about how the Pardoner gets people to repent from the sin of avarice?

a. It is a foreshadowing.

b. It is a metaphor.

c. It is irony.

d. it is onomatopoeia

34. What bargain or agreement did the rioters make at the tavern?

a. They agreed to stop rioting if the Pardoner could find wives for all of them.

b. They agreed to stop all sin within a hundred miles of the tavern.

c. They agreed to hunt down Death.

d. They agreed to go with the Pardoner and earn money for the church7. They met an old man as they began

their journey.

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