Question

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Answer 1

The correct option is B.
The statement in option B shows that Policles was mocking the effort of the singer. He compared his singing to that of an ill conditioned dog that is making a discordant sound. This statement shows that Policle considered the musician as one who does not know how to sing at all.

Answer 2

The sentence in the excerpt  from Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Contest" that suggests that the author's tone is mocking are: b). The low note was a grunting, a rumble , the deep discordant growling of an ill-conditioned dog.  The author is comparing the lyre player   to a dog that has been badly trained; C) the lyre  sounded quite funny  making the singer's voice be heard with difficulty ; and e) the player was nothing but a pretender and ,in the author's opinion, he / she should have been kicked out from stage.