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
Answer
A
he is grossly exaggerating.
B
he is obviously telling lies.
C
he is old and experienced.
D
he is contradicting himself.
Explanation
The narrator calls her respectable all her life, but then mentions other loves she had in her youth. Those details seem to conflict, making his description appear contradictory and potentially unreliable. The best choice is D, “he is contradicting himself.”
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