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- 1. Multiple Choice
When the tale opens, what are the rioters doing?
drinking
nothing
dancing
sleeping
- 2. Multiple Choice
What passes the rioters by that catches their attention?
A knight
A priest
A coffin
A horse
- 3. Multiple Choice
What kind of people are the rioters?
Upstanding citizens
gamblers and drunks
hardworking people
good people
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Pardoner admits to being...
thoughtful
evil
kind
greedy
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who are the rioters looking for in the tale?
the knight
the king
the old man
death
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Pardoner is an official of the...
civic association
king
government
church
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why do the rioters go looking for death in the tale?
to be paid
they were commissioned by the king
avenge the death of their friend
earn fame and fortune
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the end of the tale?
death takes a holiday
death takes the florins
the rioters become rich
the rioters meet death
- 9. Multiple Choice
Where did the hold man say death was?
under the tree
in an old abandoned building
under a bridge
he wasn't in town anymore
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why did the rioters want to move the coins at night?
avoid suspicion
seek help from the local farmer
so no one will take the coins
they didn't want death to see them
- 11. Multiple Choice
What did the youngest rioter do while he was in town?
talk to a friend
go to the bar
get drunk
buy bread, wine and poison
- 12. Multiple Choice
What happened to the rioters in the end?
they lived happily ever after
they met death
they became rich
they got sick from the food
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is an exemplum?
a harness for a horse
a tall tale told by a knight
a story with a moral point
a story with no clear ending
- 14. Multiple Choice
What are indulgences?
a sin
punishment given by the courts
necklaces worn by priests
certificates of forgiveness
- 15. Multiple Choice
What does the word avarice mean?
greed
love
hope
charity
- 16. Multiple Choice
Who adds credibility to the boy's words?
the nun
the knight
the innkeeper
the bartender
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the allegorical character in this tale?
hope
death
love
sacrifice
- 18. Multiple Choice
Death went his way without a word - is an example of...
personification
metaphor
simile
analogy
- 19. Multiple Choice
How do the rioters act towards the old man?
with love
with concern
with hatred
with disrespect
- 20. Multiple Choice
Florins are...
coins
fish
brightly colored glass
flowers
- 21. Multiple Choice
If you have a "parley" with someone, you...
sing with them
eat with them
dance with them
talk with them
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was the cause of so much death during this time period?
unemployment
wars
starvation
The Black plague
- 23. Multiple Choice
When the rioters plot against each other, it is an example of...
verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
- 24. Multiple Choice
When the rioters expect to find death under the tree and find gold instead, it is an example of...
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
- 25. Multiple Choice
When the rioters say, "trust me" it is an example of...
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
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