the pardoner's tale Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| what does the pardoner want before he tells his story? | drink |
| what is the theme of the pardoner's sermons? | greed is the root of all evil |
| what does he claim can cure ailments? | sheep bones |
| where is the pardoner's story set? | flanders |
| what does the pardoner criticise about the men in his story? | gluttony, drunkenness, gambling, and lies |
| what do the revelers declare when they learn their friend has been stabbed by death? | they will slay death |
| why must the old man wander restlessly? | death will not take him |
| what do the men find instead of death? | eight bushels of gold |
| why must they wait for nightfall to move the gold? | don't want to be labelled thieves |
| what happens when the youngest draws the short straw and leaves? | the other two plot to kill him and keep the gold for themselves |
| what happens after the youngest is killed? | the other men drink the wine and die from the poison the youngest dosed it with |
| what does the pardoner do at the end of his tale? | ask for contributions for relics he already revealed as fake |
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kassell2
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