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Dear brethren, God forgive you your trespass,

And keep you from the sin of avarice;

My holy pardon here can save you all,

And will, so long as you make offerings

Of gold and silver coin, spoons, brooches, rings—

Bow down your heads before this holy bull!



–The Canterbury Tales,
Geoffrey Chaucer

What vice is Chaucer satirizing in this passage?

jealousy
anger
greed
pride

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
greed

Chaucer mocks avarice—the Pardoner sells salvation and pardons for gold and valuables, showing corruption driven by greed.