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20 Cards in this Set
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Who are the three men searching for in the Pardoner's Tale?
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Death
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When does The Canterbury Tales take place?
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In the late 14th century.
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For which social classes did Chaucer write?
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All levels of society
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What was Chaucer's profession?
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Civil Servant
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How many Canterbury Tales are there?
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24
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Which tale qualifies as part of a medieval sermon?
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The Pardoner's Tale
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Which characters are connected to the Church?
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The Prioress, the Monk, the Friar, the Summoner, and the Pardoner
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Why does the Pardoner upset the Host?
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The Pardoner tries to sell indulgences to the pilgrims, after he has already told them that he cheats people.
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The Pardoner
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a man whose job is to listen to confessions, yet he takes payment for his pardons; skillful in preaching, yet hypocritical; a member of the clergy whose religious relics are suspect
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The Host
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operator of Tabard Inn; hospitable, wise, tactful, and merry; liked by the other pilgrims; proposer of the taletelling contest that provides the framework for The Canterbury Tales
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What religion does the pilgrimage represent?
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The Catholic Church
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The Pardoner:
What is a pardoner's job in the Church? |
sings offeratories, also sells fake relics to the church and commonfold.
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The Pardoner:
With whom does he ride? |
He rides with the Summoner.
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The Pardoner:
What do his long, thin hair and beardless chin indicate? |
He has stringy hair and is unclean. He can't grow a beard.
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The Pardoner:
What does he have that are hot from Rome? |
Fake holy relics for people to worship.
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The Pardoner:
How does a sinner go about getting one of the Pardoner's papal pardons? |
He has to buy them.
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The Pardoner:
What else does he carry with him to sell to gullible people? |
pillowcase to sell as a veil, pigs bones which he sells as saints bones
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The Pardoner:
What does he sing best? Why is this talent appropriate to his character? |
"Come hither love, come home"
He is a soft spoken singer who is very misleading. |
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The Pardoner:
From Chaucer's description of Pardoner's physical appearance and from his personality traits, what can you conclude about Chaucer's attitude toward this character? |
He thinks he is a dirty, lying scoundrel.
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The Pardoner:
What literary devise is he using? |
I don't know.
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