Questions
Castiglione: The Courtier, "A Good Reputation"
- According to line 5, if you raise someone's gall, you _____ him.
- please
- ignore
- irritate
- attract
- If you were a member of the society for whom this passage was
written, what could you conclude?
- People formed their opinions about you based on the truth.
- Your reputation had little effect on your success in life.
- Who you are & what people think about you are not always the same.
- You have direct control over your reputation.
- Imagine that you wanted to be a successful courtier. Give 1 example
of something you would do to create a good reputation for yourself.
Explain why you think that this one action would help your reputation.
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- According to this reading passage, the person who has the biggest
effect on a courtier's reputation is _____.
- the courtier himself
- the courtier's friends
- the courtier's lord
- God
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