Final answer:
The mood of the passage needs to be determined based on context clues from the passage itself, which is not provided. Other questions' answers include melancholy not being a universal emotion, mercy not one of Franklin's virtues, Babbitt satirizing American middle class conformity, segregation showing least intergroup tolerance, and cognitive dissonance disrupting consistency.
Step-by-step explanation:
The mood of a reading passage refers to the emotional atmosphere the author creates through the setting, dialogue, and other literary elements. Without the passage itself, it's impossible to determine the exact mood. To answer a question about the mood, you would need to look for context clues within the passage that suggest one of the given options: intolerance, conformity, dissension, or repose.
For the other questions provided, the answers are rooted in different contexts. Question 15 relates to psychology and the seven universal emotions, where 'melancholy' is not listed as one of them. Question 2 asks about Benjamin Franklin's list of virtues, and 'mercy' is not included. The novel 'Babbitt' satirizes the conformity of the American middle class. Intergroup relation displaying the least tolerance typically would be 'segregation'. The concept disrupted by cognitive dissonance is 'consistency'.