Question

Which sentence in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich suggests that Ivan Ilyich and his wife couldn’t even agree on how to raise their children?

Answer 1

He attained this by spending less and less time with his family, and when obliged to be at home he tried to safeguard his position by the presence of outsiders. The chief thing however was that he had his official duties. The whole interest of his life now centered in the official world and that interest absorbed him. The consciousness of his power, being able to ruin anybody he wished to ruin, the importance, even the external dignity of his entry into court, or meetings with his subordinates, his success with superiors and inferiors, and above all his masterly handling of cases, of which he was conscious—all this gave him pleasure and filled his life, together with chats with his colleagues, dinners, and bridge. So that on the whole Ivan Ilyich's life continued to flow as he considered it should do—pleasantly and properly.

So things continued for another seven years. His eldest daughter was already sixteen, another child had died, and only one son was left, a schoolboy and a subject of dissension. Ivan Ilyich wanted to put him in the School of Law, but to spite him Praskovya Fedorovna entered him at the High School. The daughter had been educated at home and had turned out well: the boy did not learn badly either.

Answer 2

@ethan726

Answer 3

hold on let me read it

Answer 4

okay

Answer 5

do you know what dissension means?

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

do you have a dictionary

Answer 8

this is what it means : disagreement that causes the people in a group to argue about something that is important to them

Answer 9

dissension
1.
strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
2.
difference in sentiment or opinion; disagreement.

Answer 10

yeah i got that so what do u think it is?

Answer 11

that isnt an option :(

Answer 12

you didn't tell me the choices silly

Answer 13

all i can do is...He attained this by spending less and less time with his family, and when obliged to be at home he tried to safeguard his position by the presence of outsiders, he consciousness of his power, being able to ruin anybody he wished to ruin, the importance, even the external dignity of his entry into court, or meetings with his subordinates, his success with superiors and inferiors, and above all his masterly handling of cases, of which he was conscious—all this gave him pleasure and filled his life, together with chats with his colleagues, dinners, and bridge, n Ilyich wanted to put him in the School of Law, but to spite him Praskovya Fedorovna entered him at the High School, The daughter had been educated at home and had turned out well: the boy did not learn badly either.

Answer 14

can you put them separately?

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

can't read them all jumbled together

Answer 17

He attained this by spending less and less time with his family, and when obliged to be at home he tried to safeguard his position by the presence of outsiders.

Answer 18

he consciousness of his power, being able to ruin anybody he wished to ruin, the importance, even the external dignity of his entry into court, or meetings with his subordinates, his success with superiors and inferiors, and above all his masterly handling of cases, of which he was conscious—all this gave him pleasure and filled his life, together with chats with his colleagues, dinners, and bridge.

Answer 19

Ivan Ilyich wanted to put him in the School of Law, but to spite him Praskovya Fedorovna entered him at the High School.

Answer 20

so you could put the one i said :o

Answer 21

The daughter had been educated at home and had turned out well: the boy did not learn badly either.

Answer 22

no i cant it only gives me these

Answer 23

you said the same thing for the third answer

Answer 24

heres what i put = a schoolboy and a subject of dissension. Ivan Ilyich wanted to put him in the School of Law, but to spite him Praskovya Fedorovna entered him at the High School.

Answer 25

just without the first sentence

Answer 26

thanks! got time for more questions?

Answer 27

of course

Answer 28

okayy ill message you