Answer:
No respect was shown him in the department.
His superiors treated him in coolly despotic fashion.
Explanation:
"The Cloak" written by Nikolai Gogol, tells the story of Akaky Akakievich, a councillor incumbent, who works hard in an office, but is little recognized and treated poorly by the other staff, who find Akaky strange, silent and irrelevant.
In his narrative, Gogol shows that the employees' lack of knowledge about Akaky is one of the reasons why he is often ignored. However, Gogol also points out that the office was a hostile and unpleasant place, where officials lack respect for one another and where superiors behave like despots. This can be seen in the following sentences presented in the excerpt above:
No respect was shown him in the department.
His superiors treated him in coolly despotic fashion.
