Mood, Tone, and Theme Quick Check

2 of 52 of 5 Items
Feature

The Would-Be Gentleman
by Olfson, Lewy

MADAME JOURDAIN: MADAME JOURDAIN: Monsieur Jourdain, my husband, you’re a fool! Dressing up as though you’re on your way to a fancy ball! Hiring language teachers, and dancing teachers, and fencing teachers, and music teachers! The next thing I know, you’ll be paying somebody to teach you to breathe! And all because you think you can turn yourself into an aristocrat. Why don’t you face the fact that you’re a merchant, always have been a merchant, and always will be? You, a gentleman? Ha!

The Would-Be Gentleman, by Moliere, adapted by Lewy Olfson © This play is reprinted from Plays, The Drama Magazine for Young People with the permission of the publisher Plays/Sterling Partners Inc. 897 Washington Street #600160, Newton, MA 02460

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

What is Madame Jourdain’s tone in this passage?

(1 point)
Responses

somber
somber

fatigued
fatigued

desperate
desperate

mocking
mocking
Skip to navigation

1 answer

Madame Jourdain's tone in this passage can best be described as mocking. She ridicules her husband for his attempts to change his identity and pretentiously aspire to be an aristocrat, emphasizing his foolishness and the absurdity of his actions.

Similar Questions
  1. Mood, Tone, and Theme Quick Check4 of 54 of 5 Items Feature The Would-Be Gentleman by Olfson, Lewy MADAME JOURDAIN: Monsieur
    1. answers icon 1 answer
  2. Mood, Tone, and Theme Quick Check5 of 55 of 5 Items Feature The Would-Be Gentleman by Olfson, Lewy MADAME JOURDAIN: Monsieur
    1. answers icon 1 answer
    1. answers icon 1 answer
    1. answers icon 1 answer
more similar questions