Question

a days lodging by jack london (adapted excerpt) he urged the dogs to their work again. he had travelled on the frozen surface of a great river. behind him it stretched away in a mighty curve of many miles, losing itself in a fantastic jumble of mountains, snow - covered and silent. ahead of him the river split into many channels to accommodate the freight of islands it carried on its breast. these islands were silent and white, no animal nor humming insects broke the silence; no birds flew in the chill air. there was no sound of man, nor mark of the handiwork of man - the world slept. john messner seemed succumbing to the apathy of it all as the frost was benumbing his spirit. he plodded on with bowed head, unobservant, mechanically rubbing nose and cheeks, and batting his steering hand against the gee pole in the straight trail - stretches. but the dogs were observant, and suddenly they stopped, turning their heads and looking back at their master out of eyes that were wistful and questioning. their eyelashes were frosted white, as were their muzzles, and they had all the seeming of decrepit old age, what of the frost - rime and exhaustion. the man was about to urge them on, when he checked himself, roused up with an effort, and looked around. the dogs had stopped beside a water hole, not a fissure, but a hole man - made, chopped laboriously with an axe through three and a half feet of ice that showed it had not been used for a thick slab of new ice showed that it had not been used for. select the correct answer. what effect does the author create as john messner struggles to maneuver in the unmarked wilderness? a. tension b. irony c. surprise d. imagery

Explanation:

The description of John Messner struggling in the un - marked wilderness creates a sense of unease and suspense, which is tension. There is no indication of irony (a contrast between what is expected and what occurs), surprise (an unexpected event), or imagery (vivid descriptive language to appeal to the senses) as the main effect here.

Answer:

A. tension