In literature authors often use flashback to
a. answer questions about plot details or reveal information about a character through a sequence of events that happened in the past.
b. set up the main conflict early on in the story's plot.
c. share important details of the story's plot with the reader while keeping them a secret from the story's characters.
d. describe the past lives of the main characters.

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death