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.

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.

i am a strong (insert gender here) my father and his brother were to, they were killed not by the cold, not by the bears or wolves that roam our streets at night, but by the   bolsheviks. we must stand up and fight communism or we all end up dead, starved dehydrated, enslaved. the time is now we must fight. lenin is a dangerous man but he can be stopped. so my comrades we shall siege there weapons tonight on ward. (rides away with ak(not invented yet) and sword in hand while on bear into snowstorm)