Question

Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.

In Flanders there was once a company
Of youngsters wedded to such sin and folly
As gaming, dicing, brothels, and taverns,
Where, night and day, with harps, lutes, and citherns,
They spend their time in dicing and in dancing,
Eating and drinking more than they can carry;
And with these abominable excesses
They offer up the vilest sacrifices . . .

Which word best characterizes the young people in this passage?

humble
nervous
sensitive
immoral

Answer 1

immoral

The passage describes them as devoted to sin, vice, and "abominable excesses," so "immoral" best fits.