Question Select the correct answers.
You're writing an essay to inform local residents about a fireworks show held every year in your town. Which two details
would be most relevant to your topic?
the time and location of the event
the various brands of fireworks people can buy
the town's history with the fireworks show
the stores in town that sell fireworks
the sailboat race held in the same month as the fireworks show

whats it going to be about?

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.