Question

adapted from dead souls by nikolai gogol chichikovs amusement at the peasants outburst prevented him from noticing that he had reached the centre of a large and populous village, but, presently, a violent jolt aroused him to the fact that he was driving over wooden pavements of a kind compared with which the cobblestones of the town had been as nothing. like the keys of a piano, the planks kept rising and falling, and unguarded passage over them entailed either a bump on the back of the neck or a bruise on the forehead or a bite on the tip of ones tongue. at the same time chichikov noticed a look of decay about the buildings of the village 10 select the correct answer what does the setting reveal about the time period of the text? a. villages were well managed by government officials b. people used planks of wood to create roads c. villages were small, tidy places with few people d. people used automobiles for travel

Explanation:

The text explicitly states Chichikov was driving over wooden pavement planks that acted like piano keys, directly matching option B. Option A is unsupported (no mention of government management). Option C contradicts the text's note of a "large and populous village". Option D is incorrect as automobiles did not exist in the era Dead Souls is set in, and the text does not reference them.

Answer:

B. People used planks of wood to create roads