Select the correct answer. According to this excerpt from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, what does the speaker do when he is in a reflective mood?

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

A.
He gets melancholy about his life situation.
B.
He thinks of the scene described in the poem.
C.
He reads to escape from the din of city life.
D.
He writes as a release from his worries and fears.
Select the correct answer. What was the main reason for the popularity of The Canterbury Tales in medieval England? A. The work was a retelling of an extremely popular oral tale. B. It was written in Middle English, the language of the common people. C. The work was originally in Latin, which made it popular with the nobility. D. The novelty of the theme and its treatment enthralled the audience.