Question

In Gogol's story "The Nose," a character loses his nose. He worries that

without a nose he will not be able to get what he wants. When he tries to
place an ad in a newspaper to find the nose, the editor refuses because it
would make the newspaper look bad. What statement about Russian society
at the time might Gogol have been making?
A. People are not politically ambitious.
B. People are too concerned about doing the right thing.
c. People are more concerned with appearances than reality.
D. People read the newspaper too much.

Answer 1

C: People are more concerned with appearances than reality.

Step-by-step explanation:

I would say this because the editors of the newspaper don't want to print it because they're afraid of it making the paper appear bad, when the reality is the man needs his nose.