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Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales Prologue, and The Pardoners Tale Flashcards

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What is Geoffrey Chaucer called?

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The father of English Poetry

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When was Geoffrey Chaucer born?

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1342

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When did Geoffrey Chaucer die?

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1400

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Where was Geoffrey Chaucer born?

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London

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Where was Geoffrey Chaucer buried that is the same place where kings and queens are crowned?

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Westminster Abbey

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What was Geoffrey Chaucer’s father?

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A wine merchant

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What did Geoffrey Chaucer become?

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A page to an important family

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What advantage did being a page give Geoffrey Chaucer?

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It exposed him to a world of fine manners and high-born people

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Why is The Canterbury Tales considered a masterpiece?

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It marks the beginning of a new tradition of writing in middle english, it focused on an assortment of people thrown together on a journey, and for it’s outstanding literary achievement

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What is a frame story?

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A story that provides a vehicle for telling other stories

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What is a pilgrimage?

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A trip made to a holy place for religious reasons

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How many pilgrims go on the pilgrimage in The Canterbury Tales?

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30

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Where are the pilgrims going in The Canterbury Tales?

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Canterbury

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Why are the pilgrims going to Canterbury in The Canterbury Tales

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To see the shrine of Thomas á Becket

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Who suggests that they tell stories to help pas the time in The Canterbury Tales?

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The host of the inn

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Who was Thomas Becket?

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He was the Archbishop of Canterbury who was assassinated by four barons sent by Henry II

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What three segments of society did Chaucer draw his characters from?

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The feudal system, religious life, and trades or professsions

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What language did Geoffrey Chaucer write The Canterbury Tales in?

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Middle english

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What writing style was The Canterbury Tales written in?

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Iambic pentameter

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What is iambic pentameter?

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a writing style where there are 10 syllables in each line

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How many tales did Geoffrey Chaucer write for The Canterbury Tales

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24

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How many tales did Geoffrey intend to write for The Canterbury Tales

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124

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What month does the pilgrimage take place in The Canterbury Tales?

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April

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What is one reason we are told people go on a pilgrimage in line 18 of The Canterbury Tales?

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To be healed if they are sick or injured

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Where did the pilgrims meet to go on the pilgrimage in The Canterbury Tales?

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The Tabard Inn

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What does Geoffrey Chaucer say that he is going to tell us in lines 35-41 of The Canterbury Tales?

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How the pilgrims are dressed, their occupation, and their personality

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What set of rules does the knight follow in The Canterbury Tales

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The code of chivalry

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28
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How many battles did the knight fight in The Canterbury Tales?

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15

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29
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In what war did the knight participate in The Canterbury Tales?

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The crusades

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Why did the knight go on the pilgrimage in The Canterbury Tales

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To pray because he has survived all of the wars he has fought

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What is the relationship between the knight and the squire in The Canterbury Tales?

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Father and Son

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How old was the squire in The Canterbury Tales?

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20 years old

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What details in The Canterbury Tales suggest the squire is a ladies man?

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He dressed nicely and was popular and young

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34
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In what war did the squire fight in The Canterbury Tales?

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100 year war

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35
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What is a yeomen?

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A nobleman’s attendant

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36
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What color are the yeomen’s clothes in The Canterbury Tales?

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Green

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37
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What is the nun’s name in The Canterbury Tales?

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Madam Eglantyne

38
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What do the nuns appearance and possessions hint in The Canterbury Tales?

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She longs for a worldly life

39
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What kind of life was a monk supposed to lead?

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A godly one that helps people

40
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What detail in The Canterbury Tales suggests that the nun longs for a worldly life?

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She wears an expensive necklace, her name is more proper than a nun’s, and she has a dog that she feeds instead of the poor

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What evidence does Geoffrey Chaucer give in The Canterbury tales to suggest that the Monk is not true to his order?

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He is fat which means he’s over-eating instead of feeding the poor and he does other things instead of his duties

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What is the Friar’s name in The Canterbury Tales?

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Hubert

43
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Who does the Friar know better than the lepers and beggars in The Canterbury Tales?

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The barmaids and innkeepers

44
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In the Canterbury Tales, what does saying that the friar’s neck was whiter than a lily-flower mean?

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He is sensual

45
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The merchant in The Canterbury Tales is well-dressed and looks wealthy, but what is he secretly?

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Poor

46
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What school did the student in The Canterbury Tales go to?

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Oxford

47
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What did the student in The Canterbury Tales spend all of his money on?

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Books

48
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What did the Canterbury Tales say the student would do?

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Gladly learn and teach

49
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How does Geoffrey Chaucer describe the lawyer in The Canterbury Tales?

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Less busy than he seemed to be

50
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What is a Franklin?

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A wealthy land owner

51
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What does Geoffrey Chaucer say about the Franklin in The Canterbury Tales?

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He loves to feed people

52
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What does the cook have on his knee in The Canterbury Tales?

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An ulcer

53
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What color is the cook’s ulcer in The Canterbury Tales?

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White like the sauce that he uses inn the creamed chicken pie

54
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Which pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales was a heavy drinker, a pirate, and a murderer?

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The skipper

55
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What did the doctor in The Canterbury Tales have little knowledge of?

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The Bible

56
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What was the doctor in The Canterbury Tales a great lover of?

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Gold

57
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What was the woman of Bath’s disability in The Canterbury Tales?

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She was deaf in one ear

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How many times has the woman of Bath been married in The Canterbury Tales?

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5

59
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What are three things we learn about the woman of Bath in the Canterbury Tales?

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She had a gap in her teeth, she wears a red dress and stockings, and she liked to gossip

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Whose life was the perfect example of a true Christian priest in The Canterbury Tales?

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The parson

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Who is the parson’s brother in the Canterbury Tales?

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The plowman

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What is the Miller like in The Canterbury Tales?

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He was stout, big boned, strong, and had a wart at the end of his nose

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What position did the Miller ride on the trip to Canterbury in The Canterbury Tales

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He was the leader

64
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What was the manciple in charge of in The Canterbury Tales?

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Purchasing food for the lawyers

65
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What does it say about how smart the manciple is in The Canterbury Tales?

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He is illiterate but is really smarter than the lawyers

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What does the reeve look like in The Canterbury Tales?

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He is an ugly old man that always looks mean and scowling

67
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What position did the reeve ride on the trip to Canterbury in The Canterbury Tales?

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In the back

68
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Why were the children afraid of the summoner in The Canterbury Tales?

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He was drunk all the time and smelled bad

69
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What did the pardoner look like in The Canterbury Tales?

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A girl

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How many stories will each pilgrim tell in The Canterbury Tales?

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4

71
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What will be given to the person who told the best tale in The Canterbury Tales?

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A free dinner by all the other pilgrims

72
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Who judges the Tales in The Canterbury Tales?

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The host of the inn

73
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How is the first storyteller determined in The Canterbury Tales?

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By drawing straws

74
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What is an exemplum?

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a specific example of a general rule

75
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What is the moral of the story of The Pardoner’s Tale?

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Greed is deadly

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how many rioters were there in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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3

77
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What did the rioters ask the tavern-knave to do in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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To see who’s funeral was being held

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Whose body was in the coffin in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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A friend of the rioters

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How was the rioter’s friend killed in The Pardoners Tale?

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He was stabbed in the back by a thief called Death

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What was the reaction of the rioters about the death of their friend in The Pardoner’s Tale

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They were cautious of Death but were also mad

81
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What do the rioters vow to do in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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Kill Death

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What do the rioters ask the old man in The Pardoners Tale?

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Why he wasn’t dead yet

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What was the old man’s reply to the rioters when they asked him why he wasn’t dead in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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He hasn’t found anyone to trade his age with so it’s his own

83
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Who do the rioters think the old man is in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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Death’s spy

84
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What do the rioters find under the oak tree in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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A pile of gold

85
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How do the rioters react to the gold in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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They were thrilled

86
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When do the rioters plan to move the gold in The Pardoners Tale?

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Night time

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While the youngest rioter goes to town, what plan is devised by the two left guarding the gold in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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That one would stab and kill the youngest while he was play wrestling with the other

88
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What plan is devised by the youngest rioter in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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To poison the other two with the drinks

89
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What happens with the rioters in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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The two stab the youngest and then unknowingly drink the poison when celebrating

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Why or why not do the rioters keep the pledge they made in the tavern in The Pardoner’s Tale?

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They didn’t defend each other against death, but instead turned death onto eachother

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