How does the dialogue in the excerpt further develop the conflict?
miss tesman reveals her frustration with the new mistress
miss tesman confesses her jealousy of berta’s new job
berta explains her sadness at parting with miss tesman
berta expresses her reservations about her new mistress

D.Berta expresses her reservations about her new mistress.

a. they have shared matter.

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.