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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: The Canterbury Tales
Level: Grade 10
Author: lwatson
Created: 12 years ago

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Grade 10 The Canterbury Tales

At the end of the tale, the Pardoner tries the same trick on the pilgrims that he says he uses on the people he preaches to. That trick is                                                                                                                                                                     
  1. suggesting that they are all as guilty of these sins as the three thieves in his story, and if they want absolution, they have to give him their valuables right now
  2. making the people feel guilty for not preventing murders in the story
  3. making the people feel guilty for not listening and heeding his lesson
  4. hearing their confessions and then taking money out of their purses while they prayed