Part A: Which statement best describes the main theme of the short story? (cell one) Question 5 options:

People in power often stay in power by taking advantage of the people who are less powerful.

The only way to learn a lesson is to be forced to experience the consequences of your actions.

Seeing cruelty and injustice inflicted on another person has the ability to change someone

Young people can be easily influenced and convinced to make choices they wouldn’t make alone

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