Which is the best helping paraphrase response to the following statement? "My boss keeps kidding me about how we should have an affair. I don’t know what to do. Sometimes I think he’s just joking, and sometimes I think it’s a real proposition."1. Either way it's sexual harassment, which is illegal. You shouldn't let him do it.2. So you can't figure out his motives. is that it?3. You sound upset by this.4. You sound worried & confused because you're not sure if he's coming on to you or not?5. That's a common problem these days. I can see why you're upset, and I don't blame you.

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answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.