Question

As the scudding day passed overhead the dingy windows glowed and faded in ghostly retrograde. A car passed along the road outside, laboring in the sand, died away. which of the following best describes the mood of these lines?

A.dull
B.optimisic
C.ominous
D.frustrated

Answer 1

A) Dull

The words used in the excerpt all have sad or dreary connotations. Neither option B, C, or D fit the passage so A is the best option.

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Answer 2

I believe the best answer to be A. dull as well.

Step-by-step explanation:

We may define mood as the atmosphere created by an author with the purpose of involving readers. Word choice, description of the setting, imagery, they all help create a certain mood and, consequently, make readers present an emotional response to the atmosphere - happiness, tranquility, fear etc.

The excerpt we are studying here was taken from William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury". Word choice and imagery play a big role in creating this excerpt's mood, which is dull. The author employs words such as "dingy", "ghostly", "faded", "died away". They help evoke a sense of dullness, of boredom and sameness, as if nothing ever happens and, when something does happen, it quickly disappears.