Click to read the passage from "the nose," by nikolai gogol. then answer the question. which excerpt from the passage best contributes to the amusing tone? a. kovaloff, the member of the municipal committee, awoke fairly early that morning . . b. he dressed himself and went at once to the police superintendent. c. then he sprang out of bed, and shook himself violently! no, no nose any more! d. he stretched himself, and told his valet to give him a little mirror which was on the table.