Maria: i'm late for school sometimes because i'm not a morning person. i'm at school from 8: 00 a. m. to 3: 00 p. m. every day, and i volunteer at an animal shelter on the weekends. but i need to start charting out some time to study regularly. richard: i think the best time for you to study is a. late at night b. before school c. on the weekend d. right after school

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