Which lines in the description of the knight from the "general prologue" of the canterbury tales tells us that he had been part of the crusades, military expeditions in which christians sought to win the holy land? in latvia raided he, and russia, no christened man so oft of his degree. in far granada at the siege was he… and he'd fought for our faith at tramissene three times in lists, and each time slain his foe. this self-same worthy knight had been also at one time with the lord of palatye… and always won he sovereign fame for prize. though so illustrious, he was very wise and

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.