Question

Select all the correct answers.
Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich?

Answer 1

Praskovya Fedorovna came of a good family, was not bad looking, and had some little property. Ivan Ilyich might have aspired to a more brilliant match, but even this was good. He had his salary, and she, he hoped, would have an equal income. She was well connected, and was a sweet, pretty, and thoroughly correct young woman. To say that Ivan Ilyich married because he fell in love with Praskovya Fedorovna and found that she sympathized with his views of life would be as incorrect as to say that he married because his social circle approved of the match. He was swayed by both these considerations: the marriage gave him personal satisfaction, and at the same time it was considered the right thing by the most highly placed of his associates.

So Ivan Ilyich got married.

Answer 2

A. conforming to social conventions
B. criticism of a middle class lifestyle
C. the destructive impact of loneliness
D. struggling to face reality
E. the necessity of companionship
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Answer 3

what do you think it is?

Answer 4

im really not sure

Answer 5

which do you think is not it

Answer 6

uhhh umm D and A

Answer 7

im stuck between the last 3

Answer 8

ok we got it narrowed down a bit

Answer 9

B. criticism of a middle class lifestyle
C. the destructive impact of loneliness
E. the necessity of companionship

Answer 10

hmm

Answer 11

maybe b?

Answer 12

you mean get rid of b?

Answer 13

no u think maybe its the best answer?

Answer 14

why do you pick that answer?

Answer 15

what grade is this?

Answer 16

im a sophmore

Answer 17

oh so college?

Answer 18

no haha high school

Answer 19

ohhhh

Answer 20

yeahh

Answer 21

oh wait i just remembered it says " select ALL the correct answers" so i can do all 3

Answer 22

lolol

Answer 23

im in 9th

Answer 24

brb

Answer 25

hahaha nice

Answer 26

I thin B,C, and E.. Definitely C and E. Since he cared what his higher class associates thought, I would say B is also a theme.

Answer 27

that is what i put.

Answer 28

*think so I'd say you're correct ^^