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. how could this be interpreted as a statement on russian society at the time?

a. russians were not particularly practical.
b. russians were overly concerned with appearances.
c. russians got too many of their ideas from newspapers.
d. russians cared too much for politics.