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Characterization in The Canterbury Tales Answers

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How is the prioress most clearly characterized in this passage?

as angry and critical

as serious and hardworking

as funny and optimistic

as sensitive and emotional

How is the pardon-seller characterized in this passage?

as helpful and friendly

as corrupt and self-serving

as fair and honest

as rude and opinionated

How is the business woman characterized in the passage?

as shy and self-conscious

as calm and reserved

as jealous and vain

as generous and kind

How does the narrator’s description of the business woman suggest that he is an unreliable narrator?

He calls her “respectable” but then mentions her many “loves.”

He reveals that he is naive when he reports that she was “five times married.”

He doubts his ability to describe the woman accurately.

He implies that he is a liar when he says that she had “other loves . . . in youth.”

In this passage, how does the narrator reveal that he is unreliable?

The narrator implies that he is suffering from madness.

The narrator admits that he likes to exaggerate and brag.

The narrator tells his audience that he is unintelligent and careless.

The narrator confesses that he never met the people in the story.

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