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), the word threadbare tells the audience that this character is ( rich, poor, miserly). the reason for his situation is that he did not get , income, jobs)

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.