Assisi quotes

Question 1

Assisi Context

Answer 1

Assisi is the birth and death place of St Francis, St Francis was an advocate for simple lifestyle, helping the sick and poor. Assisi is home to the basilica of St Francis, three tiers of churches with elaborate frescoes inside. Today it is a major tourist attraction for the city

Question 2

contrast between beggar and churches, isolation

Answer 2

“half filled sack” and “three tiers of churches” (could also use “ruined temple”

Question 3

hypocrisy of church (ignores St Francis’ teachings)

Answer 3

“St Francis, brother of the poor”, “clucking contentedly, fluttered after him as he scattered the grain of the word.”

Question 4

priest being judgmental/ignorant

Answer 4

“reveal to the illiterate”

Question 5

dehumanising of the beggar

Answer 5

• “dwarf”
• “hands on backwards”
• “sawdust might run”
• “half filled sack”
• “ tiny twisted legs”

Question 6

suffering of beggar

Answer 6

• any of dehumanising quotes
• “who’s eyes wept pus … than his head”

Question 7

Character

Answer 7

• “slumped like a half filled sack”
• “as sweet as a child’s”

Question 8

Humanity as flawed

Answer 8

• “outside”
• “reveal to the illiterate”
• “I understood the explanation and the cleverness”

Question 9

Personal experience to convey theme

Answer 9

Witnessing the dwarf being mistreated
- “ outside the three tiers of churches”
- “I understood the explanation and the cleverness”
- “who had passed the ruined temple”

Question 10

Setting to convey theme

Answer 10

• “three tiers of churches”
• “slumped like a half filled sack”
• “ruined temple”