Question

read this passage:
i understand nothing, answered the nose. i repeat, please explain yourself more distinctly.
honourable sir, said kovaloff with dignity, i do not know how i am to understand your words. it seems to me the matter is as clear as possible. or do you wish — but you are after all my own nose!
the nose looked at the major and wrinkled its forehead.
there you are wrong, respected sir; i am myself. besides, there can be no close relations between us. to judge by the buttons of your uniform, you must be in quite a different department to mine. so saying, the nose turned away.
kovaloff was completely puzzled; he did not know what to do.
— nikolai gogol, the nose
why is this passage from the nose typical of magical realism?
a. kovaloff doesnt question why his nose is walking and talking.
b. kovaloff goes crazy trying to figure out how this happened.
c. the nose wonders how it came to be dressed as a man.
d. the nose is the only realistic element in a supernatural world.

Explanation:

In magical realism, the extraordinary (like a nose walking and talking) is presented matter - of - factly. Option A shows that Kovaloff accepts the nose's strange behavior (walking and talking) without questioning it, which is a key characteristic of magical realism. In option B, Kovaloff being crazy to figure out how it happened is more of a normal reaction and doesn't show the magical realism's acceptance of the extraordinary. Option C is about the nose's wonder, not the overall acceptance of the magical element. Option D is incorrect as the nose is the magical element, not the realistic one.

Answer:

A. Kovaloff doesn’t question why his nose is walking and talking.