Read this excerpt from "The Lady's Dressing Room":

Five Hours, (and who can do it less in?)

By haughty Celia spent in Dressing;

What tone is Swift most clearly using?

A. Somber

B. Mocking

C. Skeptical

D. Impartial

Answer the answer is mocking

Answer: B) Mocking.

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 excerpt from "The Lady's Dressing Room" Swift is using a mocking tone, to make fun of Celia spending five hours in dressing, we can see that in the phrase "and who can do it less in?"