Question

name: date: test 11 this question has two parts. first, answer part a. then, answer part b. part a what mood does paragraph 170 convey? a confused b tense c eerie d fervent 12 part b fill in the circles before two highlighted passages that demonstrate the answer in part a. a they leaped into the canal water, b and he let himself sink down and down to the bottom like a golden statue and lie there in green silence. c all was water - quiet and deep, d all was peace. e he felt the steady, slow current drift him easily. 13. the line “the wind blew as if to flake away their identities” creates which mood? (paragraph 8) a. hopeful b. uneasy c. humorous d. calm 14. bradbury uses imagery describing the “metal taste of fear” when the bitterings arrive on mars. what mood does this figurative language help create? a. calm and peaceful b. nervous and unsettling c. joyful and excited d. confident and hopeful

Explanation:

Part A (Question 1.1)

To determine the mood of paragraph 170 (assuming context from typical literary analysis, likely from a Bradbury story like "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"), the options are Confused, Tense, Eerie, or forlorn. The correct mood here, considering the serene yet slightly uncanny descriptions (like sinking like a golden statue, green silence), is "Eerie" (Option C). Wait, but let's recheck. Wait, maybe the original text's paragraph 170 (if it's the Martian canal scene) has a calm yet unsettling, eerie mood. But maybe the intended answer is "Eerie" (C). But let's confirm. Alternatively, if the options are as given, and the correct mood is Eerie (C), but maybe the user's checkmark was misplaced. Wait, the user's image shows a checkmark on a square, but the options are A-D. Let's assume the correct answer for Part A is C. Eerie.

To support the mood of "Eerie" (from Part A), we need passages with uncanny or serene-yet-strange imagery. The highlighted passages: "They lapsed into the canal water" (A), "and he let himself sink down and down to the bottom like a golden statue and lie there in green silence" (B), "All was water - quiet and deep" (C), "all was peace" (D), "He felt the steady, slow current drift him easily" (E). The two passages that demonstrate eerie (or the correct mood from Part A) would be, for example, B ("lie there in green silence") and C ("All was water - quiet and deep") as they create a still, otherworldly, eerie atmosphere. So we fill the circles before B and C (or the appropriate ones; based on the highlighted text, the two that show the mood: "and he let himself sink down and down to the bottom like a golden statue and lie there in green silence" (B) and "All was water - quiet and deep" (C) are good candidates.

The line "The wind blew as if to flake away their identities" (from "Dark They Were, and Golden - Eyed") creates an uneasy mood. "Hopeful" is wrong, "Humorous" is wrong, "Calm" is wrong. "Uneasy" (B) fits because the wind erasing identities is unsettling.

Answer:

C. Eerie

Part B (Question 1.2)