Among the terriers he stalked imperiously, and toots and ysabel he utterly ignored, for he was king,—king over all creeping, crawling, flying things in this context, what does the word imperiously mean? arrogantly furiously insistently tensely

In this context, imperiously means arrogantly.

This text is a description of the life and behavior of the protagonist, Buck, at the beginning of The Call of the Wild by Jack London. We are told that the dog lives comfortably with his master's family and perceives himself as being their favorite pet. In the quote, Buck's inflated ego ("king") comes across as arrogant because he "utterly ignores" the other dogs, which indicates that he thinks he is too important to be concerned by them.

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

the answer is both an appeal to ethos and logos (if that's what your question options were)