Question

Which word best describes the mood of this passage?

Sir Toby: (Cheerfully) What is thy excellence?
Sir Andrew: (Jumping and clicking his heels together.) Faith, I can cut a caper! (He dances around, doing fancy steps.)
Sir Toby: Wherefore are these things hid? ...Let me see thee caper! (Sir Andrew jumps about.) Ha! Higher! Ha, ha! Excellent! (They dance offstage, roaring with laughter.)

A.
shocked

B.
calm

C.
hostile

D.
merry

Answer 1

A word wich best describes this passage is D. merry. As you see the dialog starts at cheerful tone and goes like that until it ends. Both of them Sir Toby and Andrew are excited. They jump and dance showing their happiness. So obviously their mould should be defined like merry.