After exercising, the boys went to the bath house to clean up. Each boy had a strigil, a metal scraper to remove the oil
and dust, and also a sponge to wash down. No gymnasium
has been fully excavated in Athens. There is a round bath
house outside the Dipylon Gate. A similar bath house forms
part of the gymnasium at Eretria on the island of Inboea.
These were furnished with hip baths. They had no integral
heating system and relied on braziers for heat.

2pointsread this excerpt from the beginning of nikolai gogol's "the nose": on the 25th march, 18-, a very strange occurrence tookplace in st petersburg.which option best explains why gogol chose to begin his story in this way? oa. to let readers know that the story that follows is nonfictionb. to explain that information in the story is factual and correctooc. to immediately establish a straightforward and matter-of-facttoneod. to allow readers to better imagine what st. petersburg looks likesubmit