Question

While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.

Which word is used in the excerpt above to infer the mood of the setting?

mistress
home
mendicancy
furnished

Answer 1

im thinking furnished or mistress not 100% there right 

Answer 2

Answer: C) mendicancy.

Step-by-step explanation: In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. We can also say that the mood is the emotional setting of the piece or its atmosphere. In the given excerpt the setting is a furnished flat, and the word used to describe the mood of this setting is "mendicancy" because it reveals the condition of the flat (almost beggar description).