Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales: Mastery Test

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Chaucer's Poetry

Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales: Mastery Test

Read the excerpt from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and then complete the sentences that follow

But he looked hollow and went soberly

Right threadbare was his overcoat; for he

Had got him yet no churchly benefice…

In this description of the clerk squire knight , ( clerk, squire,knight) the word threadbare tells the audience that this character is rich poor miserly .(rich, poor, miserly) The reason for his situation is that he did not get any blessings income jobs (blessing, income, jobs) from the Catholic Church.

Asked by taylor s #516590 on 4/6/2016 2:38 AM

Last updated by yakita c #562857 on 10/11/2016 5:07 PM

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Answered by Aslan on 4/6/2016 3:23 AM

But he looked hollow and went soberly. Right threadbare was his overcoat; for he . Had got him yet no churchly benefice, Nor was so worldly as to gain office for he  Had got him yet no churchly benefice,  Nor was so worldly as to gain office.  For he would rather have at his bed's head  Some twenty books, all bound in black and red,  Of Aristotle and his philosophy  Than rich robes, fiddle, or gay psaltery.

Answered by yakita c #562857 on 10/11/2016 5:07 PM

what idea does the description of the prioeress in the prologue to Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales convey?

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