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: 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?"

Answer the answer is mocking