Question 9 of 22 Click the link blew to read the passage from "The Nose," by Nikolai Gogol. Then answer the question.

Magical realism is a genre that had magical elements but is told in an otherwise realist style. How do the word choices in these paragraphs suggest a genre of magical realism?

A.) The imagery of food suggests the events are an unexpected delight.

B.) The unusual events are told in a matter-of-fact style.

C.) The scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

D.) The joke in the first paragraph shows that the events of the story will be lighthearted.