Read this passage from "the nose": "all very fine, but how am i to go on without a nose? " answered kovaloff. "there is nothing worse than that. how can i show myself with such a villainous appearance? i go into good society, and this evening i am invited to two parties. i know several ladies, madame tchektyriev, the wife of a state-councillor, madame podtotchina although after what she has done, i don't want to have anything to do with her except through the agency of the police. i beg you," continued kovaloff in a supplicating tone, "find some way or other of replacing it; even if it is not quite firm, as long as it holds at all; i can keep it in place sometimes with my hand, whenever there is any risk. besides, i do not even dance, so that it is not likely to be injured by any sudden movement. as to your fee, be in no anxiety about that; i can well afford it. "nikolai gogol, "the nose" what can you infer about kovaloff from his actions in the passage? a. that he cares too much about his appearance b. that he is sorry for causing his nose to disappear c. that he is sorry to put the doctor to so much trouble d. that he is starting to have trouble breathing

"a wedding gift," the narrator's tone is select all that apply. caring omniscient serious objective

lihuliivi hili nilu lutaula previous 21 next end of semester test: english 12b submit test reader tools info- select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read this excerpt and complete the sentences that follow a shropshire lad by ae housman (excerpt) when i was one-and-twenty i heard a wise man say "give crowns and pounds and guineas but not your heart away give pearls away and rubies but keep your fancy free." but i was one-and-twenty no use to talk to me when i was one-and-twenty i heard him say again, "the heart out of the bosom was never given in vain 'tis paid with sighs a plenty and sold for endless rue" and i am two-and-twenty. and oh, 'tis true, 'tis true the central theme of the poem is in the end, the poet the wise man's views. reset next

Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)