Which word best describes the tone of the opening to alice's adventures in wonderland, when alice is sitting on the bank of a river as her sister reads?

a.
spiritless

b.
bitter

c.
zany

d.
upbeat

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)

the answer is c. hope this

intelligent is the best word to describe ivan markovitch.

assuming the underlined word is "regnant", the correct answer is b) ruling.