Question

Select all the correct answers.

Which themes are portrayed in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich?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.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

Answer 1

The answer is

A

B

E

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Answer 2

A. conforming to social conventions

B. criticism of a middle class lifestyle

E. the necessity of companionship

Step-by-step explanation:

The first alternative is supported by the first part of the passage in which Tolstoy describes all the reasons why Fedorovna seems to be a good match for Ilyich in the eyes of the society and Ivan Ilyitch himself.

The second alternative is an overall conclusion that can be derived from the fact that the passage describes marriage more like a business deal than a derivation of love.

The third alternative is revealed to us by the fact that Ivan Ilyitch knew himself that Fedorovna is not her best match, but decided to still marry her, because he needed to have a partner.