Which three sentences in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that the author’s tone is mocking?

1- the low note was a grunting, a rumble, the deep discordant growling of an ill-conditioned dog.

2- all the while the lyre twanged and thrummed, sometimes in front of and sometimes behind the voice of the singer.

3- many a singer better than this absurd fob had driven amid execration and abuse from the platform.

i just took the test for plato.

- "chilles is sad and angry because hector, the trojan leader, killed his best friend patroclus. he seems angry with himself because he didn't or protect patroclus against the trojans."