Question

read the excerpt from chapter 7 of night. when at last a grayish light appeared on the horizon, it revealed a tangle of human shapes, heads sunk deeply between the shoulders, crouching, piled one on top of the other, like a cemetery covered with snow. in the early dawn light, i tried to distinguish between the living and those who were no more. but there was barely a difference. my gaze remained fixed on someone who, eyes wide open, stared into space. his colorless face was covered with a layer of frost and snow. which statement best describes the atmosphere the author creates? it is an atmosphere of relief. it is an atmosphere of hesitation. it is a skeptical atmosphere. it is a nightmarish atmosphere.

Explanation:

The description of human - shapes piled like in a cemetery, difficulty in distinguishing the living from the dead, and the colorless, frost - covered face create a terrifying and disturbing scene, which is characteristic of a nightmarish atmosphere.

Answer:

It is a nightmarish atmosphere.