Which excerpt from Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose" best helps to establish the straightforward and matter-of-fact tone of the text?A."Whose nose have you cut off, you monster?" she screamed, her face red with anger.B."You vagabond! You good-for-nothing! Am I to undertake all responsibility for you at the police-office?"C.On the 25th March, 18—, a very strange occurrence took place in St Petersburg.D."That is a lie! You won't get out of it like that. Confess the truth."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

In "The Nose" by Nikolai Gogol, which statement is a piece of evidence that leads you to infer that Ivan Jakovlevitch is often blamed for things that are not his fault?A.He calls on Kovaloff and apologizes for cutting off his nose.B.He plans to get rid of the nose instead of giving it back to Kovaloff.C.He asks for his wife's forgiveness and tells her to call the police.D.He turns the nose into the police and is immediately arrested.SUBMITarrow_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

What tone does Nikolai Gogol use in "The Nose" that establishes the nose's disappearance as a fact rather than an extraordinary event?A.DreamyB.HilariousC.StraightforwardD.Gloomy

Click to read the passage from "The Nose," by Nikolai Gogol. Then answer the question.Based on the first sentence of the story, what is the story's tone?A.OtherworldlyB.SuspensefulC.RomanticD.Matter-of-factSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS