What impact did the search for the northwest passage had upon exploration and colonization?

Is the book the outsiders a realistic story? plz explain. asap!

What type of people did not belong to any of the 3 estates in medieval english society?

2pointsread this excerpt from the beginning of nikolai gogol's "the nose": on the 25th march, 18-, a very strange occurrence tookplace in st petersburg.which option best explains why gogol chose to begin his story in this way? oa. to let readers know that the story that follows is nonfictionb. to explain that information in the story is factual and correctooc. to immediately establish a straightforward and matter-of-facttoneod. to allow readers to better imagine what st. petersburg looks likesubmit