The Pardoner's Tale.

Three Men Look for Death.

1. The title of the pardoner’s tale is…
a. Three Promises.	c. Three Men look for Death.
b. Patient Griselda	d. Three Men and one Destiny.
2. The pardoner’s job consists on…
a. telling people that love of money is a problem.	c. selling pardons.
b. speaking to people in churches.	d. Both b and c are correct.
3. The pardoner was…
a. a bad man.	c. a priest.
b. a good man.	d. both a and c.
4. The pardoner made a lot of money…
a. selling things that belonged to saints to poor people.	c. selling things that belonged to saints to rich people.
b. selling bits of cloth and other old things.	d. working hard.
5. The three main characters in the pardoner’s tale find an old man with a white beard. He is…
a. travelling to meet Death.	c. He is Death.
b. travelling to find a hidden treasure.	d. He is a good friend of Death and knows where Death is.
6. Bearing in mind their behavior, the three men in the Pardoner’s Tale are…
a. friends.	c. friends, but they are like brothers.
b. brothers.	d. None of them.
7. Bearing in mind their dialogues, the three men in the Pardoner’s Tale are…
a. friends.	c. friends, but they are like brothers.
b. brothers.	d. None of them.
8. When the youngest of the three men went into town for food and drink, the other men…
a. hid in the wood to guard the money.	c. planned to kill their friend.
b. had a quarrel	d. Both a and c.
9. When the young man went to town for food and drink, he…
a. bought three bottles of wine and put poison in the three of them.	c. bought some poison to kill the cats on his farm.
b. thought of a plan to take all the money.	d. got lost.
10. The first of the three men to die was…
a. None of them died.	c. The three of them died at the same time.
b. The youngest man died first.	d. The oldest men died first.
11. How did the youngest man die?
a. He did not die.	c. He drank poisoned wine.
b. His friends killed him.	d. He ate poisoned food.
12. How did the oldest men die?
a. They ate and drank too much.	c. They died in a fight.
b. They drank the poisoned wine.	d. They did not die.
13. When Death found the three men…
a. they were fighting.	c. they were already dead.
b. they were hiding.	d. they killed him.
14. After telling his story, the pardoner…
a. sells pardons to the other pilgrims.	c. shows the pilgrims what he has in his bag.
b. sells food and drink to the other pilgrims.	d. has a rest.
15. The message of the Pardoner’s Tale is…
a. Nobody can escape from Death.	c. You must always be kind and good.
b. Good friends can trick you.	d. It has got no message.