Which historical circumstance most likely influenced the writing of this passage? life under the rule of Lenin’s communist Russia, in which everyone shared and prospered
the farm during World War II, when many people died from battle as well as starvation
agriculture and farming under the reign of the Romanovs, when there was food for the rich
tyranny during Stalin’s dictatorship, in which he distorted the tenets of communism

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