Reader week 10

Question 1

Pride

Answer 1

Superbia

Lion

Question 2

Wrath

Answer 2

Ira

Unicorn

Question 3

Envy

Answer 3

Invidia

serpent

Question 4

Greed

Answer 4

Avaricia

Fox

Question 5

Lechery/Lust

Answer 5

Luxuria

Scorpion

Question 6

Gluttony

Answer 6

Gula

Sow

Question 7

Sloth

Answer 7

Accidia

Bear

Question 8

Confession

Answer 8

Only later required yearly

intended as a monastic discipline

Question 9

Culpa

Answer 9

Guilt (eternal)

Question 10

Poena

Answer 10

Punishment (temporary)

Residue always remains to be expiated in purgatory

Question 11

Bishops grant grace for

Answer 11

visiting shrines
saying certain prayers
making contributions to worthy causes

Question 12

Bad rap Pardoners

Answer 12

assaulted other members of the clergy
false promises of pardon
defied church
drunkenness, gambling, lechery

Question 13

Chaucer’s Pardoner: sexuality

Answer 13

Some thing gay
Some think hermaphroditic
Some think straight but behaves as a stereotypical pardoner

Question 14

How to get rid of guilt

Answer 14

repentance –> confession & absolution (by priest)

Question 15

How to get rid of punishment

Answer 15

Grace –> indulgence (bishop/pope through pardoner)