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 any______(blessings, income, jobs)