Question

Literary Text: from The Devil's Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce

Read these entries from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.
Then, answer the question(s).
Which statement best describes Bierce's tone and purpose?
O А Bierce uses an angry tone to condemn the sins of humanity.
O
B
Bierce uses a cynical tone to ridicule human behavior and
society
O
С.
Bierce uses a lighthearted tone to educate humanity in a
gentle way.
D
Bierce uses a reprimanding tone to encourage human
beings to improve
ABSURDITY n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent
with one's own opinion.
ACADEME n. An ancient school where morality and
philosophy were taught.
ACADEMY n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where
football is taught
BORE n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
CABBAGE n. A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as
large and wise as a man's head. [The cabbage is so called
from Cabagius, a prince who on ascending the throne issued a
decree appointing a High Council of Empire consisting of the
members of his predecessor's Ministry and the cabbages in the
royal garden. When any of his Majesty's measures of state
policy miscarried conspicuously it was gravely announced that
several members of the High Council had been beheaded, and
his murmuring subjects were appeased.]

Answer 1

Answer: B . Bierce uses a cynical tone to ridicule human behavior and

society

Step-by-step explanation:

Ambrose Bierce´s The Devil's Dictionary, which started in a weekly paper in 1881, was a satirical glossary with funny and satirical commentaries written over three decades as a series of installments for magazines and newspapers. Later, his clever comments were plagiarized for many years before he published them in The Cynic's Word Book in 1906 and later in The Devil's Dictionary in 1911.