Question

read the passage. there are several questions about this passage. two animal friends, rat and mole, are traveling in a rowboat at night as they search for a friend. from the piper at the gates of dawn 1 dark and deserted as it was, the night was full of small noises, song and chatter and rustling, telling of the busy little population who were up and about, plying their trades and vocations through the night till sunshine should fall on them at last and send them off to their well - earned repose. the waters own noises, too, were more apparent than by day, its gurglings and \cloops\ more unexpected and near at hand; and constantly they started at what seemed a sudden clear call from an actual articulate voice. 2 the line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing phosphorescence that grew and grew. at last, over the rim of the waiting earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings; and once more they began to see surfaces—meadows wide - spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly disclosed, all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a difference that was tremendous. their old haunts greeted them again in other raiment, as if they had slipped away and put on this pure new apparel and come quietly back, smiling as they shyly waited to see if they would be recognised again under it. 3 fastening their boat to a willow, the friends landed in this silent silver kingdom, and patiently explored the hedges, the hollow trees, the runnels and their little culverts, the ditches and dry water - ways. embarking again and crossing over, they worked their way up the stream in this manner, while the moon, serene and detached in a cloudless sky, did what she could, though so \for a space they hung there, brushed by the purple loosestrife that fringed the bank; then the clear imperious summons that marched hand - in - hand with the intoxicating melody imposed its will on mole, and mechanically he bent to his oars again.\ (paragraph 11) what does imperious mean in the sentence? 1. appealing 2. commanding 3. musical 4. sudden part b which phrase from the sentence best supports the correct answer from part a? 1. \they hung there\ 2. \marched hand - in - hand\ 3. \imposed its will\ 4. \mechanically he bent\

Explanation:

In the context, "imperious" is used to describe a summons that has the power to impose its will on Mole. A "commanding" summons has the authority to make someone act, which fits this description. The phrase "imposed its will" in the text supports the idea of a commanding force.

Answer:

Part A: 2. commanding
Part B: 3. "imposed its will"