This is a multiple choice quiz over mood and tone.
There are short reading passages
and then multiple choice questions over various skills, but mainly focused on mood and
tone.
Questions and Answers
1.
Read the following poem, "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti and answer the
question below. My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is a weathered
shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set
fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon [peaceful]
sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me.
QUESTION: What mood do the details of the poem convey? (Look specifically
at the three things the speaker compares her heart to.)
o A.
Sorrow
o B.
Happiness
o C.
Excitement
o D.
Nervousness
2.
Read the following lines from "The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon
Swinburne. Then answer the question below. There go the loves thta wither [dry
up], The old loves with wearier wings; And all dead years draw thither [there]
And disastrous things; Dead dreams of days foresaken, Blind buds that snows
have shaken, Wild leaves that winds have taken, Red strays of ruined
springs. ... And love, grown faint and fretful With lips but half regretful Sighs, and
with eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure [last]. QUESTION: In the first
two lines, what images does the speaker use to describe love?
Discuss
o A.
Loves that go away and have exhausted wings
o B.
Loves that grow both wobbly and worrisome
o C.
Loves that die
o D.
Loves whose is both young and old
3.
Read the following lines from "The Garden of Proserpine" by Algernon
Swinburne. Then answer the question below. There go the loves thta wither [dry
up], The old loves with wearier wings; And all dead years draw thither [there]
And disastrous things; Dead dreams of days foresaken, Blind buds that snows
have shaken, Wild leaves that winds have taken, Red strays of ruined
springs. ... And love, grown faint and fretful With lips but half regretful Sighs, and
with eyes forgetful Weeps that no loves endure [last]. QUESTION: What
mood do the details in the poem convey?
Discuss
o A.
Wastefulness and excess
o B.
Happiness
o C.
Sadness and despair
o D.
Mistrust
4.
Which tone is represented in the following passage? Wow! With a top speed of
one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!
o A.
Calm
o B.
Annoyed
o C.
Scary
o D.
Excited
5.
Which tone is represented in the following passage? She delicately placed the
cooing baby on a soft, freshly cleaned blanket.
o A.
Calm
o B.
Annoyed
o C.
Scary
o D.
Excited
6.
Which tone is represented in the following passage? As that hurricane
threatened, the wind's blast caused angry fifteen-foot waves to crash over the
small houses near the shore.
o A.
Calm
o B.
Annoyed
o C.
Scary
o D.
Excited
7.
Which tone is represented in the following passage? Ugh! Do I really have to sit
through another boring lecture on data entry again.
o A.
Calm
o B.
Annoyed
o C.
Scary
o D.
Excited
8.
What is the tone of the following passage? The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed
her fist down on it--hard. It flew off teh nightstand and bounced off her cat,
Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room.
Discuss
o A.
Eerie
o B.
Sarcastic
o C.
Passionate
o D.
Humorous
Questions and Answers
1.
The feeling or atmosphere of a story is the...
o A.
Tone
o B.
Mood
o C.
Setting
o D.
Plot
2.
The writer's attitude towards a subject or character is...
o A.
Tone
o B.
Mood
o C.
Exposition
o D.
Charracterization
3.
Which of the following words is a mood?
o A.
Serious
o B.
Sarcastic
o C.
Witty
o D.
Melancholy
4.
Which of the following is a tone word?
o A.
Joyful
o B.
Excited
o C.
Light-hearted
o D.
Depressed
5.
The young girl sat on the steps waiting for what seemed to be an
eternity for her father to pick her up. She was thinking about the last
time she saw him. It had been years. Finally, it started getting dark
outside and her mother called to her to come inside for dinner. She
bowed her head and slowly trudged inside as she came to the painful
acceptance that he was not coming. He had let her down like so many
times before. The mood of the passage is...
Discuss
o A.
Indifference
o B.
Despair
o C.
Surprise
o D.
Contentment
6.
The tone of the passage in number 5 is...
o A.
Resignation
o B.
Peacefulness
o C.
Humorous
o D.
Angry
7.
Which of the following mood words mean happy?
o A.
Solemn
o B.
Sorrowful
o C.
Indifferent
o D.
Cheerful
8.
Which of the following mood words means sad?
o A.
Serene
o B.
Hopeful
o C.
Sorrowful
o D.
Apathetic
9.
Which of the following is a tone word that means funny?
o A.
Comical
o B.
Sarcastic
o C.
Rediculous
o D.
Joyful
10.
All of the following mood words mean scared except...
o A.
Frightening
o B.
Terrifying
o C.
Horrific
o D.
Astonished
