It seems that you have missed the necessary options for us to answer this question, so I had to look for it. Anyway, here is the answer. What the author means when he writes that the nobles had "resumed their ancient license in its utmost extent" is that the nobles had sought to <span>strengthen their positions of power as much as possible. Hope this helps.</span>
Answer: D) Excited and relieved.
Explanation: The tone of a text or sentence is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the audience, the subject or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like: positive, negative, objective, sad, angry, etc. In the given passage from "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley we can see that the overall tone is excited and relieved, we can clearly see this in the phrase " but when I became assured that my enemy had indeed fled, I clapped my hands for joy, and ran down to Clerval."
The answer is B-
Mark Antony repeats that line to discredit Brutus by giving examples that prove that Caesar was not ambitious.
