Satire is a genre of literature, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Satire is usually meant to be humorous, and as it can be seen in the excerpt with: <em>All for a penny! Out now with your purse!” </em>Chaucer expresses humorously what he thinks about churches<em>. </em>Therefore, the answer is B.
