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Which passage best supports the central idea of "The Pardoner's Prologue"?Select one:a. Lines 1-8"My lords", he said, "in churches where I preach I cultivate a haughty kind of speech And ring it out as roundly as a bell;I've got it all by heart, the tale I tell. I have a text, it always is the same And always has been, since I learnt the game.Old as the hills and fresher than the grass,Radix malorum est cupiditas*...b. Lines 16-20The curse of avarice and cupidityIs all my sermon, for it frees the pelf**.Out come the pence, and specially for myself,For my exclusive purpose is to win And not at all to castigate their sin.c. Lines 31-34"Well, then I give examples thick and fast From bygone times, old stories from the past.A yokel* mind loves stories from of old,Being the kind it can repeat and hold.d. Lines 41-43No, nor make baskets, like St. Paul, to gain A livelihood. I do not preach in vain.There's no apostle I would counterfeit*;

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