Answer:
With "The Pardoner's Tale" people can learn how destructive greed and the cult of money and wealth is.
Explanation:
"The Pardoner's Tale" presents the story of three friends who ended up killing each other to own a large amount of money. This story can be related to the current society and the cult of money and wealth, leaving people greedy to the point of causing problems to themselves and the people around them. The tale shows that greed is not rewarding, but that it causes tension, betrayal and pain.
Answer:
A. The narrator thinks Jasper is foolish.
Explanation:
The best that expresses the narrator's viewpoints towards Jasper is that "the narrator thinks Jasper is foolish".
From the excerpt, it is very clear that the narrator thinks Jasper is foolish. One is termed foolish is if he/she refuses to heed to warning. A foolish person is seen to be unwise and definitely lacks wisdom. Jasper displayed that because he was oblivious of the figure he cut out.
His foolishness is seen in his not making proper enquiries about the whereabouts of Thomas.
Therefore, Option A is the correct answer.