Mood and Narrative Techniques in "Lather and Nothing Else”

Question 1

Which piece of text evidence best reveals internal conflict?“I would have to shave his beard just like any other”“Seeing to it that the blade did not slip in the small whorls” “Taking care that the skin was left clean, soft, shining”“I was secretly a revolutionary, but at the same time I was a conscientious barber”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: “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?“I am only a barber. Each one to his job. That’s it. Each one to his job.”“My fate hangs on the edge of this razor blade.”“But I’m shaking like a regular murderer.”“He should let it grow like some poets, or some priests.”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

How does the word tranquil relate to the overall mood of the passage?Tranquil describes Torres as calm, which is the opposite of how the narrator feels.Tranquil describes Torres in a way that is appropriate to describe a person under stress.Tranquil describes Torres as very calm for a person who has never been to a barber before.Tranquil describes Torres in a way that shows the narrator is lying about what Torres is like.

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

Question 4

What mood is created through the protagonist’s inner monologue?The narrator’s conflicting thoughts give this passage a meditative mood. The narrator’s inner thoughts give this passage a tranquil mood. The narrator’s conflicting thoughts give this passage a fitful mood. The narrator’s inner thoughts give this passage a depressed mood.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

How does the figurative language "a sea of blood” affect the story? Check all that apply.It creates an image in the mind of the reader.It creates a patriotic mood.It develops the internal conflict.It develops the external conflict.It creates a suspenseful mood.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Which piece of text evidence best reveals internal conflict?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

What is the feeling associated with the word tranquil?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: ✔ calmness

Question 9

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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

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