adapted from Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Chichikov's amusement at the peasant's 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 one's tongue. At the same time Chichikov noticed a look of decay about the buildings of the village. Select the correct answer. What does the setting reveal about the time period of the text? A. People used planks of wood to create roads. B. People used automobiles for travel. OC. Villages were well managed by government officials. D. Villages were small, tidy places with few people.
