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    The document contains 8 reading questions about "The Pardoner's Tale" that probe the physical description of the Pardoner, his purpose, how he gets people to repent from avarice, the actions of 3 rioters in the story, the symbolism of an old man and what is found under a tree, the Pardoner's purpose in telling the story, and themes of the story beyond just the love of money.

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    “The Pardoner’s Tale” Reading Questions

    1. How is the Pardoner physically described in the prologue? Does this match up
    with his occupation?

    2. What is the Pardoner's purpose? What is he supposed to do?

    3. What is ironic about how the Pardoner gets people to repent from the sin of
    avarice?

    4. What do the three rioters set out to do?

    5. What is the old man supposed to represent? What are some textual clues that
    support this idea?

    6. What are the men supposed to find under the tree? What do they literally find?
    How are these two “things” related?

    7. What is the Pardoner’s purpose in telling this story to the other pilgrims? How
    does he tie this together at the end?

    8. The Pardoner says that the theme of his story is “the love of money is the root of
    all evil”. What other themes do we see? Justify at least TWO.

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