Question

Read the following dialogue.

"Listen, my dear," he used to say when he met an old woman in the street who sold shirt–fronts; "go to my house in Sadovaia Street and ask 'Does Major Kovaloff live here?' Any child can tell you where it is."
The speaker has a(n) _________ tone.
A. casual
B. arrogant
C. suspenseful
D. humble

Answer 1

I believe it would be B because he seems to be bragging that everyone knows who he is. Hope this is helpful.

Answer 2

B. arrogant

Step-by-step explanation:

The speaker has an arrogant tone because he thinks it is so important because he is major, who boasts for anyone in his neighborhood to know who he is. As if he were a kind of sovereign.