Question

The following item has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A
What is the mood of the second stanza in Selection 2?
A. shocked and dismayed
B. reflective and peaceful
C. cheerful and energetic
D. dreamy and optimistic
Part B
Which words in the second stanza best convey this mood?
A. “Abrupt and sharp” and “Shattered now”
B. “Shattered now” and “ice-smooth ways”
C. “ice-smooth ways” and “chain of days”
D. “chain of days” and “tokens of the past”

Answer 1

Part A: A (shocked and dismayed)

Part B: A (“Abrupt and sharp” and “Shattered now”)

Explanation: The phrases “abrupt and sharp” and “shattered now” create a sense of sudden, violent breakage and loss, which produces a mood of shock and dismay in the stanza.