Mood and Narrative Techniques in "Lather and Nothing Else”

Question 1

Which piece of text evidence best reveals internal conflict?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“I was secretly a revolutionary, but at the same time I was a conscientious barber”

Question 2

Which quotation best concludes how the protagonist resolves his internal conflict?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

“I am only a barber. Each one to his job. That’s it. Each one to his job.”

Question 3

What is the feeling associated with the word tranquil? What is the mood of the passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

calmness; Selection 1: calmness; Selection 2: anxious

Question 4

✔ anxiousconcernedcalmexcited

Revolt · Accepted Answer

anxious

Question 5

How does the word tranquil relate to the overall mood of the passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Tranquil describes Torres as calm, which is the opposite of how the narrator feels.

Question 6

What mood is created through the protagonist’s inner monologue?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The narrator’s conflicting thoughts give this passage a fitful mood.

Question 7

How does the figurative language "a sea of blood” affect the story? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It creates an image in the mind of the reader.; It develops the internal conflict.; It creates a suspenseful mood.

Mood and Narrative Techniques in "Lather and Nothing Else” Answers