What topic is ivan ilyich thinking about in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?

but suddenly in the midst of those proceedings the pain in his side, regardless of the stage the proceedings had reached, would begin its own gnawing work. ivan ilyich would turn his attention to it and try to drive the thought of it away, but without success. it would come and stand before him and look at him, and he would be petrified and the light would die out of his eyes, and he would again begin asking himself whether it alone was true.

a) the pain in his appendix
b) his approaching death
c) his past life
d) his profession

How many syllables does a tanka have? a. 31 b. 17 c. 14 d. 10

What can you infer about esperanza's character from the fact that she argues three days with her mother trying to persuade her to write the note?

M read the sentence. what best describes the underlined part of the sentence, and why? alma plans to visit london and paris, where her parentswent on their first trip together as a married couple. it is a restrictive relative clause because it begins with arelative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and is notnecessary to the meaning of the sentence. it is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins witha relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and isnecessary to the meaning of the sentence. it is a restrictive relative clause because it begins with arelative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and isnecessary to the meaning of the sentence. it is a nonrestrictive relative clause because it begins witha relative pronoun, has both a subject and a verb, and isnot necessary to the meaning of the sentence.