FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Miller
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The Knight
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The Clerk
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The Prioress
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Detailed explanation-1: -That had gone into the study of logic long ago. His horse was as lean as a rake, And he was not at all fat, I declare, But looked scrawny, and also serious.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Oxford Cleric did not have many physical details that were described in his prologue. What was pointed out, though, was that his overcoat was worn off and he was not too fat, but rather very hollow. It also described his horse as being lean and thinner than a rake.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Clerk is a philosophy student from Oxford, who claims that he originally heard the tale from Petrarch. As a philosopher, the Clerk is a thinking man, which means he’s pensive.
Detailed explanation-4: -The local parish clerk in the Miller’s Tale, Absolon is a little bit foolish and more than a little bit vain. He wears red stockings underneath his floor-length church gown, and his leather shoes are decorated like the fanciful stained-glass windows in a cathedral.