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 read the newspaper too much.
D. People are more concerned with appearances than reality.