Question

"How can I get at it?" thought Kovaloff. "Everything the uniform, the hat, and so on show that it is a state-councillor. How the deuce has that happened?"
He began to cough discreetly near it, but the nose paid him not the least attention.

"Honourable sir," said Kovaloff at last, plucking up courage, "honourable sir.""What do you want?" asked the nose, and turned round.

"It seems to me strange, most respected sir you should know where you belong and I find you all of a sudden where? Judge yourself."

"Pardon me, I do not understand what you are talking about. Explain yourself more distinctly."

Nikolai Gogol, "The Nose"

What evidence from the text supports the idea that Kovaloff is intimidated by his nose?

A. "you should know where you belong"
B. "Pardon me, I do not understand what you are talking about."
C. "Honourable sir," said Kovaloff at last, plucking up courage
D. "What do you want?"

Answer 1

I would probably pick C because using the words Honorable and sir is an act of submission.

Answer 2

Honorable sir, said Kovaloff is the answer