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?
Answer
A
by describing what he thinks and feels
B
by describing how others react to him
C
by describing the way he looks
D
by describing what he says and does
Explanation
The excerpt shows the pardon-seller’s actions: he reads lessons, sings the offertory loudly, and prepares to preach. These details characterize him through what he says and does, rather than through his appearance or other people’s reactions. The correct choice is “by describing what he says and does.”
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