At the beginning of the “the pardoners tale” what are the three rioters doing?

At the beginning of The Pardoner's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the three rioters can be found in a tavern drinking. The narrator of the tale, the Pardoner, condemns these three young men for leading such disgraceful lives, spending them drinking, gambling, swearing, etc.

When they hear their friend has been killed, they decide to go out and find Death, and have their revenge. That is the basic plot of this tale. The tale is quite ironic, given that the narrator is as vile as these three characters, yet fails to see the resemblance.

question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

explanation:

a-he encouraged islamic schools to introduce greek texts.

d-he invited greek scholars to teach their texts to the locals.

explanation:

the transmission of the greek classics to latin western europe during the middle ages was a key factor in the development of intellectual life in western europe.[1] interest in greek texts and their availability was scarce in the latin west during the earlier middle ages, but as traffic to the east increased so did western scholarship.

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