Question

What can we infer is Chaucer's point in including this description of the Prioress? To illustrate her commendable manners.
To distinguish her from less courteous pilgrims.
To show her discomfort at being outside her convent.
To emphasize her lack of religious priority.

Answer 1

The correct answer would be to distinguish her from less pilgrims. She does courtly things like weep for a trapped mouse but we also see that she has no problem feeding her hounds with flesh. From examples like these we can see that she behaves like a lady of the court as to imitate that behavior. It is not a reflection of her true feelings.