Answer:
The primary tone of the narrator throughout the story 'Was it a dream?' is frantic despair (option B).
Explanation:
"Was it a Dream?" is a short story written by Guy de Maupassant. The story is about a lover who has lost his beloved. The narrator mourns over her grave unable to accept his lover's death. The narrator is devastated by the memories of his beloved.
The tone of the narrator, therefore, is despair. The narrator is sad because of his lover's death. Therefore, frantic despair is the correct answer. Thus option B is correct.
A main idea does not show what readers will learn.
Answer: D. The personification that the flowers "shuddered" creates a wistful tone.
Explanation:
Figurative language refers to using words in a way that they are not normally used in order to paint a vivid picture. Personification is figurative language and it is present here with the use of the word, shuddered.
To shudder is a thing that humans do and flowers are incapable of such. Using it therefore is personification and it was used to create a wistful tone as the flowers probably long for warmer temperatures.