Question

to its banks at the end of moss street, one day there came a man and a maiden who were both tall and lithe and slender, with the agility of youth and fire. truly, a fitting couple to seek the bayou banks.

they climbed the levee that stretched a feeble check to waters that seldom rise, and on the other side of the embankment, at the brink of the river, she sat on a log, and impatiently pulled off the little cap she wore. the skies were gray, heavy, overcast, with an occasional wind rift in the clouds that only revealed new depths of grayness behind, and the tideless waters murmured a faint ripple against the logs and jutting beams of the breakwater, and were answered by the crescendo wall of the dried reeds on the other bank — reeds that rustled and moaned among themselves for the golden days of summer sunshine.

he stood up, his dark form a slender silhouette against the sky, and as she looked upward from her log, their eyes met with an exquisite shock of recognising understanding; dark eyes into dark eyes, soul unto soul! it was enough. he sat down and took her into his arms, and in the eerie murmur of the storm coming they talked of the future.

5 “and then i hope to go to italy or france. it is only there, beneath those far southern skies, that i could ever hope to attain to anything that the soul within me says i can. i have wasted so much time in the mere struggle for bread, while the powers of a higher calling have clamoured for recognition and expression. i will go some day and redeem myself.”

assessment questions
3 out of 38 answered

question 4
what mood does the description of the weather create in paragraph 3?
a. foreboding
b. lonely
c. sentimental
d. tranquil

Explanation:

To determine the mood from the weather description, analyze the weather details: gray, heavy, overcast skies, tideless waters with faint ripples, and reeds rustling/moaning. "Eerie murmur of the storm coming" also hints at an impending storm. "Foreboding" means a sense of impending danger or gloom, which matches the ominous weather (gray skies, storm approaching). "Lonely" focuses on isolation (not emphasized here), "sentimental" on nostalgia (reeds' "golden days" is minor), and "tranquil" is calm (but the storm coming and grayness are not calm). So the weather creates a foreboding mood.

Answer:

A. foreboding