Question

What is the overall mood of the passage?
The passage has an ominous mood throughout.
The passage has a melancholy mood throughout.
The passage moves from a cheerful to a sad mood.
The passage moves from a bleak to a foreboding mood.

Answer 1

North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces.

The former tenant of our house, a priest, had died in the back drawing-room. Air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers. Among these I found a few paper-covered books, the pages of which were curled and damp: The Abbot, by Walter Scott, The Devout Communicant, and The Memoirs of Vidocq. I liked the last best because its leaves were yellow. The wild garden behind the house contained a central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes, under one of which I found the late tenant's rusty bicycle-pump. He had been a very charitable priest; in his will he had left all his money to institutions and the furniture of his house to his sister.

When the short days of winter came, dusk fell before we had well eaten our dinners. When we met in the street the houses had grown sombre. The space of sky above us was the colour of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns. The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed. Our shouts echoed in the silent street. The career of our play brought us through the dark muddy lanes behind the houses, where we ran the gauntlet of the rough tribes from the cottages, to the back doors of the dark

Answer 2

@madiimay4music

Answer 3

what do you think the answer is?

Answer 4

@aka.queen_

Answer 5

im not good at this @Ghostridr99

Answer 6

i think the overall mood is melancholy

Answer 7

do u mind answering 4 more @Ghostridr99

Answer 8

I will help also.

Answer 9

no go on ahead @aka.queen_

Answer 10

Ready?

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "That Spot" by Jack London?

I don’t think much of Stephen Mackaye any more, though I used to swear by him. I know that in those days I loved him more than my own brother. If ever I meet Stephen Mackaye again, I shall not be responsible for my actions. It passes beyond me that a man with whom I shared food and blanket, and with whom I mushed over the Chilcoot Trail, should turn out the way he did. I always sized Steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. I shall never trust my judgment in men again. Why, I nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the Stewart; and he saved my life on the Little Salmon. And now, after the years we were together, all I can say of Stephen Mackaye is that he is the meanest man I ever knew.

excited
ironic
indignant
playful

Answer 13

Ironic.

Answer 14

None else work.

Answer 15

indignant somewhat fits

Answer 16

And, pray, who are you, if I may be so bold?" said Tom.

"Oh, I go by various names. I am the wild huntsman in some countries; the black miner in others. In this neighborhood I am known by the name of the black woodsman. I am he to whom the red men consecrated this spot, and in honor of whom they now and then roasted a white man, by way of sweet-smelling sacrifice. Since the red men have been exterminated by you white savages, I amuse myself by presiding at the persecutions of Quakers and Anabaptists; I am the great patron and prompter of slave-dealers and the grand-master of the Salem witches."

"The upshot of all which is, that, if I mistake not," said Tom, sturdily, "you are he commonly called Old Scratch."

"The same, at your service!" replied the black man, with a half-civil nod.

Such was the opening of this interview, according to the old story; though it has almost too familiar an air to be credited. One would think that to meet with such a singular personage in this wild, lonely place would have shaken any man's nerves; but Tom was a hard-minded fellow, not easily daunted, and he had lived so long with a termagant wife that he did not even fear the devil.

How does the satire in this passage influence the reader’s interpretation of Tom?
The use of satire makes readers realize that Tom is logical because he wins the argument with the stranger.
The use of satire makes readers realize that Tom is manipulative because he convinces the devil to help him.
The use of satire makes readers realize that Tom is foolish because he doesn’t fear the devil.
The use of satire makes readers realize that Tom is helpful because he assists the stranger.

Answer 17

No. Indignant is wrong completely.

Answer 18

Indignant-feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

Answer 19

But then again it could show as ironic. Since he portrays what he has done for the man, and at the end it says he was mean.

Answer 20

ok the next one

Answer 21

They would rather well go great,

Answer 22

Hey buddy where in that story is unfair treatment?

Answer 23

him treating the narrator bad after all he did for him, sounds unfair to me

Answer 24

First of all, he displays that he did all those kind things for him, but then, he said he was the meanest man he knew.

Answer 25

It is ironic because he was practically a brother to the man who is now "the meanest man I ever knew."

Answer 26

I politely disagree.

Answer 27

It doesn't say he treated the narrator bad, it just says he was very mean.

Answer 28

Take everything at face value.

Answer 29

Actually, he hinted it,

Answer 30

Regardless. The best answer is ironic.

Answer 31

ironic fits

Answer 32

It would be classified as 'unfair' if he was like a brother towards him, and then he acted foul towards him, Poppa, however, in this case it can be worded as ironic and or indignant.

Answer 33

i agree with you @MissSmartiez

Answer 34

it works with both

Answer 35

Since he described him as the meanest man. It could be a somewhat answer, but I never said the right and CORRECT one did I? I said, 'it can be also. ' Tho' ironic would best suit this genre and standards, since as you said, he said someone was like a brother to him, then swerve to meanest man alive.

Answer 36

Most ironic indeed, I can go either way. Next question.

Answer 37

Yeah. Anymore Queen?

Answer 38

She pasted it above our dispute.

Answer 39

i think A

Answer 40

what about you @MissSmartiez?

Answer 41

Hmm, I don't know, let me finish reading, ask BigPoppa.

Answer 42

@BigPoppa117

Answer 43

If I had to pick, I would pick C. The satire makes him seem foolish.

He doesn't help the man. He doesn't want to win any argument. And he is definitely not being manipulative.

Answer 44

True, I was thinking the same way, with over prideful, arrogant, etc,

Answer 45

true

Answer 46

most likely C

Answer 47

Though I wanted to say that how is he foolish to not fear the devil. I don't. Is Christan, >:3

Answer 48

Off topic by the way~

Answer 49

so do you agree on C?

Answer 50

I suppose, it seems as if the most logical answer, but that is just from me, I can be wrong or doubtful at times.

Answer 51

Who medaled me o.o..

Answer 52

everyone is wrong every now and then

Answer 53

so @aka.queen_ we agree on C

Answer 54

I'm so sorryyyyyyy