Which of the following quotes from "After Twenty Years" helps establish the mood by using imagery?



Question 8 options:

A. There was now a fine, cold drizzle falling, and the wind had risen from its uncertain puffs into a steady blow. The few foot passengers astir in that quarter hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands.

B. “Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty.”

“Doing well in New York, Jimmy?”

C. “You’re not Jimmy Wells,” he snapped. “Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman to a pug.”“You’re not Jimmy Wells,” he snapped. “Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman to a pug.”

D. The man from the West unfolded the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he had finished. The note was rather short.

What does the simile in line 2 of the poetry excerpt help the reader imagine?

1 Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!
2 Through the windows—through doors—burst like a ruthless force,
3 Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation,
4 Into the school where the scholar is studying;

from Drum-Tap by Walt Whitman

Question 9 options:

A. the silence inside the church

B. the sun shining through the windows

C. the intelligence of the student

D.the force of the drums