Question

Read the following passage from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle that describes Robin Hood and a beggar. Robin's beard is as yellow as gold, while yon tattered beggar in scarlet hath a beard of brown, besides being blind of one eye. What can you conclude from this description? The beggar is dressed in scarlet clothes. Robin has dark hair. Robin is blind in one eye. The beggar is dressed in yellow clothes

Answer 1

The main thing to conclude from this description would be that "The beggar is dressed in scarlet clothes" since this description does not apply to Robin.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. The beggar is dressed in scarlet clothes.

Explanation:

In texts, a conclusion refers to a final thought or idea that derives from the details of a text, because of this in most cases conclusion summarized the information, restate the main ideas and serves a closure for a text. In the case of the passage from "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" the author describes two of the characters of the story, about the first character Robin Hood the author states "Robin's beard is as yellow as gold", while the second character is described as "tattered beggar in scarlet hath a beard of brown, besides being blind of one eye" this means Robin Hood has a blond beard and in the case of the beggar this is wearing shreds or tatters that are red (scarlet), has a brown beard and cannot see with one of his eyes. Because of this, the statement that is a conclusion from the options provided and according to the details of the text is "The beggar is dressed in scarlet clothes" because the author mentions "tattered beggar in scarlet hath".