Question

Read this passage: "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." But Ivan Jakovlevitch was more dead than alive; he saw at once that this nose could belong to no other than to Kovaloff, a member of the Municipal Committee whom he shaved every Sunday and Wednesday. . . . And Ivan Jakovlevitch was silent. The thought that the police might find him in unlawful possession of a nose and arrest him, robbed him of all presence of mind. Already he began to have visions of a red collar with silver braid and of a sword and he trembled all over. Nikolai Gogol, "The Nose" What inference can you make from this passage from "The Nose"? A. That Ivan's wife loves him and wishes he were a braver man B. That Ivan is often blamed for things that are not his fault C. That Ivan dislikes Kovaloff and is glad his nose was cut off D. That Kovaloff is a kind person and didn't deserve to lose his nose

Answer 1

The answer is B. That ivan is often blamed for things that are not his fault.