Read the excerpt from chapter 33 of The Awakening. Then in the afternoon Mrs. Merriman and Mrs. Highcamp had made their "party call." Edna felt that they might have dispensed with the formality. They had also come to invite her to play vingt-et-un one evening at Mrs. Merriman's. She was asked to go early, to dinner, and Mr. Merriman or Mr. Arobin would take her home. Edna accepted in a half-hearted way. She sometimes felt very tired of Mrs. Highcamp and Mrs. Merriman. Edna’s weariness of Mrs. Merriman and Mrs. Highcamp is a reflection of her rejection of her husband, Mr. Pontellier. deepening passion for Robert Lebrun. disillusionment with conventional society. desire to be left alone once and for all.

Read this passage: he put in his finger, and drew out a nose! ivan jakovlevitch at first let his hands fall from sheer astonishment; then he rubbed his eyes and began to feel it. a nose, an actual nose; and, moreover, it seemed to be the nose of an acquaintance! alarm and terror were depicted in ivan's face; but these feelings were slight in comparison with the disgust which took possession of his wife. "whose nose have you cut off, you monster? " she screamed, her face red with anger. "you scoundrel! you tippler! i myself will report you to the police! such a rascal! many customers have told me that while you were shaving them, you held them so tight by the nose that they could hardly sit still." nikolai gogol, "the nose" how is this passage from "the nose" typical of the genre of magical realism? a. ivan and his wife wonder how a nose came to be alive and in the bread. b. ivan is angry at those who have more money than he does, but he doesn't know what to do about it. c. ivan and his wife are shocked to see the nose, but they don't question where it came from. d. ivan's wife yells at her husband, but she really loves him and is frightened at what he's done.