Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . Her headkerchiefs were of the finest weave, Ten pounds and more they weighed, I do believe, Those that she wore on Sundays on her head. Her stockings were of the finest scarlet red, Very tightly laced; shoes pliable and new. Bold was her face, and handsome; florid too. Which details suggest that the narrator may be unreliable?
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . The pardon-seller’s hair was yellow as wax, And sleekly hanging, like a hank of flax. In meagre clusters hung what hair he had; Over his shoulders a few strands were spread, But they lay thin, in rat’s tails, one by one. As for a hood, for comfort he wore none, For it was stowed away in his knapsack. Save for a cap, he rode with head all bare, Hair loose; he thought it was the dernier cri. He had big bulging eyes, just like a hare. He’d sewn a veronica on his cap. His knapsack lay before him, on his lap, Chockful of pardons, all come hot from Rome. His voice was like a goat’s, plaintive and thin. Which statement best describes the narrator’s perception of the pardon-seller in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . The pardon-seller’s hair was yellow as wax, And sleekly hanging, like a hank of flax. In meagre clusters hung what hair he had; Over his shoulders a few strands were spread, But they lay thin, in rat’s tails, one by one. As for a hood, for comfort he wore none, For it was stowed away in his knapsack. Which statement best describes how the pardon-seller is characterized in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales. To any kind of man; he was indeed The very pattern of a noble knight. But as for his appearance and outfit, He had good horses, yet was far from smart. Which is the correct translation of the excerpt into Middle English?
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales. Also I beg you to forgive it me If I overlooked all standing and degree As regards the order in which people come Here in this tally, as I set them down: My wits are none too bright, as you can see. Which statement best describes the narrator in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . In church he made a splendid ecclesiastic. He’d read a lesson, or saint’s history, But best of all he sang the offertory: For, knowing well that when that hymn was sung, He’d have to preach and polish smooth his tongue To raise—as only he knew how—the wind, The louder and the merrier he would sing. How does the author characterize the pardon-seller in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . She had been respectable all her life, And five times married, that’s to say in church, Not counting other loves she’d had in youth, Of whom, just now, there is no need to speak. In this excerpt, the narrator may be unreliable because
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . Also I beg you to forgive it me If I overlooked all standing and degree As regards the order in which people come Here in this tally, as I set them down: My wits are none too bright, as you can see. Which detail in the excerpt suggests that the narrator may be unreliable?
Read the excerpt from the General Prolgue to The Canterbury Tales . In the king’s service he’d fought valiantly, And travelled far; no man as far as he In Christian and in heathen lands as well, And ever honoured for his ability. In this excerpt, the narrator may be unreliable because
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