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Literary Analysis: Tone And Mood

This quiz will give you a chance to practice proficiency-like multiple choice questions dealing with tone and mood.

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 2667 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question 1
Passage #1 “I shall throw you on a black ship and send you to the mainland, To King Echetos, destroyer of all mortal men, Who will cut off your nostrils with a sharp bronze sword; He will tear of your private parts and give them to the dogs to eat raw.” --Homer, The Odyssey Which word best describes the tone? In other words, how does the speaker feel about/toward the subject?

A) Threatening

B) Amused

C) Proud

D) Unsatisfied

Sample Question 2
Passage #2 “There were always children there, and I spent all my time with the children, only with the children. They were the children of the village where I lived, a whole gang of them who went to the local school. I was simply with them mostly, and I spent all my four years like that. I did not want anything else.” --Dostoyevsky, The Idiot Which word best describes the tone? In other words, how does the speaker feel about/toward the subject?

A) Amused

B) Reflective

C) Reverent

D) Remorseful

Sample Question 3
Passage #3 “They showered me this morning at the courthouse and last night at the jail. And I swear I believe they'd of washed my ears for me on the taxi over if they coulda found the facilities. Hoo boy, seems like every time they ship me someplace I gotta get scrubbed down before, after, and during the operation--and get back away from me with that thermometer, Sam.” --Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Which word best describes the tone? In other words, how does the speaker feel about/toward the subject?

A) disappointed

B) condescending

C) amused

D) annoyed

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Tone, Dialogue And Allusion

Tone, Dialogue and Allusion

Carefully read each passage and decide which answer best describe the tone, correct dialogue, or alludes to a historical event, the bible, or a mythological figure.

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 464 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2025

Sample Question
Passage #1 “I shall throw you on a black ship and send you to the mainland, To King Echetos, destroyer of all mortal men, Who will cut off your nostrils with a sharp bronze sword; He will tear of your private parts and give them to the dogs to eat raw.” --Homer, The Odyssey Which word best describes the tone? In other words, how does the speaker feel about/toward the subject?

A) Threatening

B) Amused

C) Proud

D) Unsatisfied

Tone Mc Questions

Tone MC Questions

This Tone MC Questions quiz assesses the ability to identify the tone in various literary excerpts. It helps learners understand authorial tone and mood, enhancing their literary analysis skills.

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 795 | Last updated: Jan 16, 2025

Sample Question
"There were always children there, and I spent all my time with the children, only with the children. They were the children of the village where I lived, a whole gang of them, who went to the local school. I was simply with them mostly, and I spent all my four years like that. I did not want anything else." (from The Idiot, Dostoyevsky)

Amused

Reflective

Reverent

Remorseful

First Lines Quiz -- Week #1

FIRST LINES QUIZ -- Week #1

For each opening line, select the title of the work it corresponds to by circling the letter next to it. When finished, return a printed copy of your completed quiz to the reference desk. Patrons may only take each quiz...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 65 | Last updated: Jun 22, 2025

Sample Question
On they went, singing 'Rest Eternal', and whenever they stopped, the sound of their feet, the horses and the gusts of wind seemed to carry on their singing.

War and Peace / by Leo Tolstoy

Doctor Zhivago / by Boris Pasternak

Little Women / by Louisa May Alcott

House of Seven Gables / by Nathaniel Hawthorne