Assisi

Question 1

hands on backwards

Answer 1

Suggests a grotesque image and that the man is in terrible condition

Question 2

slumped like a half-filled sack

Answer 2

Suggests that the man cannot support his own frame

Question 3

brother of the poor, talker with birds

Answer 3

Suggests that there is contrasts that such an architecturally complex building was used to honour a priest with such simple, plain tastes and philosophies

Question 4

advantage of not being dead yet

Answer 4

Suggests that being alive is the only thing the beggar has in favour but what is really implied is that he would be better off dead

Question 5

reveal to the illiterate the goodness of God and the suffering of His Son

Answer 5

Suggests that the priest is more impressed with the depiction of these teachings than actually practising them himself

Question 6

I understood the explanation and the cleverness

Answer 6

Suggests that the speaker is unimpressed and offended by the obvious intellectual pride of the priest

Question 7

clucking contentedly

Answer 7

Suggests that the speaker is mocking the tourists and comparing them to a flock of chickens that blindly follow the priest

Question 8

ruined temple

Answer 8

Suggests that a temple is usually beautiful and respected but this church has fallen into despair due to neglect much like the dwarf

Question 9

a voice as sweet as a child’s

Answer 9

Suggests the innocence of the beggar and forces the reader to pity him not only for his physical difficulties but also for his vulnerability and helplessness

Question 10

said Grazie

Answer 10

Suggests that despite the beggar’s terrible situation he still says thank you