Which passage from "the nose" best shows major kovalev as arrogant and self–absorbed?
a . . he sought more to give himself dignity and weight by calling himself, in addition to "collegiate assessor," "major."
b. poor kovalev felt almost demented. the astounding event left him utterly at a loss.
c. the moment that the drozhki halted kovalev dashed, breathless, into a small reception–office.
d. and kovalev's smiles became broader still when peeping from under the hat he saw there to be an alabaster, rounded little chin . .

i h avengers

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.