Read the passage. Alicia resented the fact that she had to sit through the same training two summers in a row. She had been a junior counselor for the
summer park program last year, and knew the rules and regulations by heart. She had come up with inventive ideas for craft projects, and had
been given extra responsibilities near the end of the summer. But here she was, being treated like a beginner. She settled back into her seat, an
opened the program on her lap reluctantly.
Which word is closest in meaning to the word reluctantly as it is used in the passage?
1. cautiously
02. grudgingly
3. hesitantly
4. regretfully

Select the correct answerwhat theme is portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? in reality it was just what is usually seen in the houses of people of moderate means who want to appear rich, and therefore succeed only inresembling others like themselves, there are damasks dark wood, plants, rugs, and dull and polished bronzes-all the things people of a certaiclass have in order to resemble other people of that class. his house was so like the others that it would never have been noticed, but to him it aseemed to be quite exceptional. he was very happy when he met his family at the station and brought them to the newly furnished house all lit uwhere a tootman in a white tie opened the door into the hall decorated with plants, and when they went on into the drawing-room and the studyuttering exclamations of delight he conducted them everywhere, drank in their praises eagerly, and beamed with pleasure. a.the effect of consumerismbw the power of wealthcam keeping up appearances in societyud. wconforming to societal conventionsresetnextil rights reserved.

If the author's last name is mentioned in the sentence, it does not need to be included in the in-text citation.

Which best expresses the irony present in this passage?