Question 6 of 20 • $2526: SEM 1: 1001370: English 3: NEW credit
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.I can sting with my tongue; and when I preachI sting so hard, the fellow can’t escapeSlander and defamation, if so beHe’s wronged my fellow-pardoners, or me,Even if I don’t give his actual name,Yet everybody knows that he’s the oneFrom hints, and other circumstantialities—That’s how I deal with people who annoy us;That’s how I spit out venom, under guiseOf piety, and seem sincerely pious.
Answer
A
by revealing the clergy’s lack of theological knowledge
B
by revealing the clergy’s disregard for people experiencing poverty
C
by revealing the clergy’s vindictive abuse of power
D
by revealing the clergy’s lack of loyalty to one another