British lit ! read these lines from the general prologue to the canterbury tales and answer the question. at money-changing he could make a crown. his worthy man kept all his wits well set; there was no one could say he was in debt, so well he governed all his trade affairs with bargains and with borrowings and with shares. indeed, he was a worthy man withal, which best identifies what makes this passage ironic? a. the merchant's financial reality makes him an unworthy man according to medieval standards. b. as a representative of the rising middle class, the merchant's lack of debt is implausible. c. the merchant's inability to manage money makes him unfit to be considered a member of the rising middle class. d. as a representative of the bourgeois class, the merchant's materialism is out of place.