After reading "The Nose," what is one assumption that a reader might make about Russian culture?A.That Russians don't value good looksB.That Russians value physical looks and powerC.That Russians don't value powerD.That Russians value physical looks over powerSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Literature often reflects the society or culture in which it was written and the values of that society. What value of the Russian culture is represented in the story "The Nose"?A.That a person's character is more important than his appearanceB.That people should take pride in their looksC.That appearances are not importantD.That looks and appearance improve a person's status in societySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

to read the passage from "The Nose," by Nikolai Gogol. Then answer the question.What aspect of the passage would a Russian reader of Gogol's day find most familiar?A.The lack of ambition Russians hadB.The class structure of RussiaC.The way Russians lookedD.The traditions of marriageSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

One theme of Gogol's "The Nose" is that people do not remain satisfied with what they have. Which passage from the story best supports this theme?A.But all at once he recoiled as though scorched, for all at once he had remembered that he had not a nose on him, but nothing at all.B.Even joy grows less lively the next moment. And a moment later, again, it weakens further.C.Russia is so strange a country that, let one but say anything about any one Collegiate Assessor, and the rest . . . at once apply the remark to themselves . . .D.At the thought that the police might find the nose at his place, and arrest him, he felt frantic.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from the beginning of Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose":On the 25th March, 18—, a very strange occurrence took place in St Petersburg.Which option best explains why Gogol chose to begin his story in this way?A.To let readers know that the story that follows is nonfictionB.To allow readers to better imagine what St. Petersburg looks likeC.To explain that information in the story is factual and correctD.To immediately establish a straightforward and matter-of-fact toneSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) below, Arrange the following four sentences into a coherent paragraph:1. Since then, western nations have learned the value of pre-empting Russia’s disinformation attempts.2. The Russian state and its representatives frequently use lies to create a cover for their military operations.3. What we see in Russia is a strange sort of intermeshing among official statements, interventions from people who are clearly on the Russian state’s payroll and the pronouncements of supposedly neutral but Kremlin-aligned commentators.4. Russian Times broadcast rights were subsequently revoked across the European Union and in the United Kingdom.