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The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer
Further Study The Pardoner's Introduction, Prologue, and Tale Quiz
Further Study The Pardoner's Introduction, Prologue, and Tale Quiz

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Why does the Pardoner falsely claim his relics have healing powers?

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Whom do the three young rioters in the Pardoner's story want to kill and why?

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What does the old man they meet tell them?

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Why do they start plotting against each other?

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When the youngest returns from town with wine how do all three men die?

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