If you wanted to quote from page 27 of a book by donald r. howard about the poet geoffrey chaucer's life (titled the time of chaucer) for a research paper, which would be the correct way to cite this source using mla documentation?

Review the passage from “the listeners.” for he suddenly smote on the door, even louder, and lifted his head: — "tell them i came, and no one answered, that i kept my word," he said. based on this passage, what is the best inference about the man?

Writing about thing people usually do

What does the simile add to the passage