Bequeathed means to leave a personal estate to someone by a will. An example, would be if someone's parent die and they loved a favorite item. They would put it in a will that certain person can only get it.
The right answer is "A. The clergy "
You should be referring to the quote from "The Canterbury Tales" where the word gold is used to represent the clergy in all its purity that leaves it in such a high standard that nothing can reach it, just as gold can not be attained by rust.
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They create and add suspense throughout the story, making the rising action mysterious and different so that once you hit the climax, what you thought was going to happen is completely different than what did
The literary device used in this sentence is analogy