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

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

How does Nikolai Gogol help readers achieve a suspension of disbelief in "The Nose"?A.By using ordinary language to describe the events surrounding the nose's disappearanceB.By focusing on the magical and supernatural elements associated with the noseC.By setting the story in a supernatural place and allowing the nose to be the most realistic elementD.By describing the nose using words or phrases that suggest a sense of the magicalSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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

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