Multiple Choice Questions

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales."To start with, I declare where I've come from,And then produce my certificates, one by one;My licence with the seal of our lord bishopWhich I show first—that's to protect myselfSo that nobody, whether priest or cleric,Dares interdict me from Christ's holy work."What feature of medieval life is reflected in the excerpt?
  • by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances
  • by revealing the clergy's vindictive abuse of power
  • the acceptance of the church's authority
  • The Pardoner's disregard for the poor reveals the Church's hypocrisy.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.I can sting with my tongue; and when I preachI sting so hard, the fellow can't escapeSlander and defamation, if so beHe's wronged my fellow-pardoners, or me,Even if I don't give his actual name,Yet everybody knows that he's the oneFrom hints, and other circumstantialities—That's how I deal with people who annoy us;That's how I spit out venom, under guiseOf piety, and seem sincerely pious.How does the excerpt satirize the clergy?
  • by revealing the clergy's vindictive abuse of power
  • the acceptance of the church's authority
  • by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances
  • Chaucer criticizes the idea that forgiveness is available for purchase.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.I preach just as you've heard me say; and tell A hundred taradiddles more as well.And then I do my best to stretch my neckAnd bob my head in every directionOver the folk, now this way, and now that,Just like a pigeon sitting on a barn. Both hands and tongue are busy, and so quickThat it's a joy to watch me at my work.How does the excerpt satirize pardoners?
  • The Pardoner's disregard for the poor reveals the Church's hypocrisy.
  • by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances
  • the acceptance of the church's authority
  • by revealing the clergy's vindictive abuse of power
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales."Think what a safeguard it must be for youThat I, who can absolve both high and lowWhen soul from body is about to go,Should chance to fall in with your company!Let me suggest that our host here begin,Since he's the one who's most wrapped up in sin.Step forward, Mister Host—your offering first,And you can kiss the relics, every one!All for a penny! Out now with your purse!"Which statement best describes the satire in the excerpt?
  • by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances
  • Chaucer criticizes the idea that forgiveness is available for purchase.
  • The Pardoner's disregard for the poor reveals the Church's hypocrisy.
  • by revealing the clergy's vindictive abuse of power
Which statements accurately describe medieval pardoners? Check all that apply.
  • The Pardoner's disregard for the poor reveals the Church's hypocrisy.
  • They were authorized to preach.They distributed indulgences.They accepted donations for the church.
  • the acceptance of the church's authority
  • Chaucer criticizes the idea that forgiveness is available for purchase.
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales."God's arms!" exclaimed one of these debauchees,"Is the fellow then so dangerous to meet?In highways and in byways, street by street,I'll seek him out, I vow it on God's bones.Now listen, fellows: let us three be one,Each of us hold his hand up to the other,And each of us become the other's brother,And we will kill this black betrayer, Death,And kill the killer, by God's holy breath,And that before the sun goes down on us!"Which statement best describes how the speaker in the excerpt is characterized?
  • by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances
  • the acceptance of the church's authority
  • He is impassioned and persuasive
  • by revealing the clergy's vindictive abuse of power
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.For I'll have money, wool, and cheese, and wheat,Though given by the poorest serving-lad,Or by the poorest widow in the place,Were all her children dying of famine,No, no! I'll drink the ichor of the vine,And have a pretty girl in every town.But hear me out now, gentlemen . . .Which statement best describes the satire in the excerpt?
  • The Pardoner's disregard for the poor reveals the Church's hypocrisy.
  • the acceptance of the church's authority
  • Chaucer criticizes the idea that forgiveness is available for purchase.
  • by suggesting that their sermons are scripted performances
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