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Reading Quiz: The Pardoners Tale

Name: _______________________________

An exemplum is a brief story or anecdote used to make a point in an argument or to illustrate a moral
truth. In the Middle Ages, this literary form was used in sermons.

While the primary exemplum in The Pardoners Tale is the love of money is the root of all evil, other messages are embedded in the story.

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