pardoner's tale

Question 1

the pardoner’s sin

Answer 1

greed, gluttony

Question 2

and thus i preach against the very vice

I make my living out of —-avaricee

Answer 2

irony

preaching against his own sin

Question 3

a yokel mind loves stories from of old

Answer 3

accusing them of being stupid

Question 4

what did the widow have

Answer 4

a string of starving children

Question 5

he’s killed a thousand in the present plague

Answer 5

death- black plague

Question 6

the clergy is

Answer 6

crumpled

Question 7

the pardoner’s tale is about _____ who are where

Answer 7

rioters in a tavern before the morning bell

Question 8

who is the speaker’s mother

Answer 8

earth

Question 9

what does pallor mean

Answer 9

an unhealthy pale apperance

Question 10

what does the young man accuse the old man of

Answer 10

being a spy for death to kill the young ones

Question 11

florins

Answer 11

coins

Question 12

what did they decide to do with the gold

Answer 12

wait till night and draw lots to see who goes to town to fetch bread and wine

Question 13

what does to keep things dark mean

Answer 13

in secret

Question 14

who drew the biggest lot

Answer 14

the youngest one

Question 15

what does parley mean

Answer 15

discussion

Question 16

what did the two who stayed behind decide to do

Answer 16

kill the younger one so they could get more gold

Question 17

what is perdition

Answer 17

hell; damnation

Question 18

what did the young man think to do while in town

Answer 18

buy poison to kill the other two

Question 19

what did the young man tell the apothecary

Answer 19

i have rats to call and a polecat

Question 20

what happened when the young man got back

Answer 20

they killed the younger one and then drank the poison and died

Question 21

who is the pardoner addressing
dear beloved, God forgive your sin
And keep you from the vice of avarice!

Answer 21

the rest of the pilgrims

Question 22

what is a leech

Answer 22

physician

Question 23

what does this mean
for instance –we are all at fortune’s beck–
Your horse may throw you down and break your neck

Answer 23

the pilgrims could die at any second

Question 24

who does the pardoner call out at the end

Answer 24

the host

Question 25

after seeing the dead corpse pass by, what do the 3 decide to do

Answer 25

find death and kill it

Question 26

death is the

Answer 26

root of all evil

Question 27

moral of the story

Answer 27

greed is badw

Question 28

who does the pardoner suggest to buy the first pardon or relic

Answer 28

the host