Question

In the days of King Louis, there lived a poor juggler by the name of Barnabas, a native
of Compiegne, who wandered from city to city performing tricks of skill and prowess.
On fair days, he would lay down in the public square a worn and aged carpet, and after
having attracted a group of children and idlers by certain amusing remarks which he had
learned from an old juggler, and which he invariably repeated in the same fashion without
altering a word, he would assume the strangest postures, and balance a pewter plate on the
tip of his nose. At first the crowd regarded him with indifference, but when, with his hands
and head on the ground he threw into the air and caught with his feet, six copper balls that
glittered in the sunlight, or when, throwing himself back until his neck touched his heels
he assumed the form of a perfect wheel and in that position, juggled with twelve knives, he
elicited a murmur of admiration from his audience, and small coins rained on his carpet.
Still, Barnabas of Compiegne, like most of those who exist by their accomplishments, had
a hard time making a living. Earning his bread by the sweat of his brow, he bore rather more
than his share of those miseries we all are heir to, through the fault of our father Adam.
Besides, he was unable to work as much as he would have liked, for, in order to exhibit
his wonderful talents, he required
like the trees the warmth of the sun and the heat
of the day. In winter time he was no more than a tree stripped of its leaves, in fact, half-
dead. The frozen Earth was too hard for the juggler. Like the cicata menitoned by Marie
de France, he suffered during the bad season from hunger and cold. But, since he had a
simple heart, he suffered in silence.
He had never thought much about the origin of wealth nor about the inequality of human
conditions. He firmly believed that if this world was evil, the next could not but be good,
and this faith upheld him. He was not like the clever fellows who sell their souls to the devil;
he never took the name of God in vain, he lived the life of an honest man, and though he
had no wife of his own, he did not covet his neighbour's, for woman is the enemy of strong
men, as we learn by the story of Samson, which is written in the Scriptures.

1) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. one word answers or short phrases will be accepted

(i)prowess
(ii)altering
(iii)elicited
2) answer the following questions in your own words

(i)Who was barnabas?What did he do
(ii) how did he attract the attention of children

PLEASE DO ME THE FAVOUR OF WRITING THE ANWERS.ITS URGENT​

Answer 1

1.

• (i) prowess - expertise in a particular activity
• (ii) altering - changing
• (iii) elicited - evoked or drew out

2.

• (i) Barnabas was a poor juggler. He lived during the tenure of King Louis.
• He wandered from city to city performing tricks of skills and prowess.

• (ii) He attracted the attention of children by certain amusing remarks.

Additional of 2. (ii): After which he would lay down a worn and aged carpet and without altering a word, he would assume the strangest postures, and balance a pewter plate on the tip of his nose.

Answer 2

Answer:

Describe Barnabas’ condition in the bad season. Pls give me this answer