Question

Read the excerpt from "The Nose."

"Listen, my dear," he used to say when he met an old woman in the street who sold shirt–fronts; "go to my house in Sadovaia Street and ask 'Does Major Kovaloff live here?' Any child can tell you where it is."
Which passage from the passage best expresses the arrogant tone of the speaker?


A.
used to say when he met an old woman



B.
go to my house



C.
Does Major Kovaloff live here?



D.
Any child can tell you where it is.

Answer 1

D.
Any child can tell you where it is.
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Answer 2

This excerpt is from Nikolai Gogol's short story, Nose. The story is about an official whose nose leaves his body and forms his own life. The excerpt is from the second part of the story where Major Kavaleff brags himself in author's description of him. The arrogance of his tone is given with the last sentence which is emphasized and stands out. The correct answer is D.