Read this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich :

it’s god’s will. we shall all come to it some day. said gerasim displaying his teeth-the even white teeth of a healthy peasant-and, like a man in the thick of urgent work, he briskly open the front door, called the coachman, peter ivanovich into the sledge, and sprang back to the porch as if in readiness for what he had to do next.

what can you conclude about gerasim from the phrase “the even white teeth of a healthy pesant? ”

a.) gerasim is particular about his dental hygienist.

b.) gerasim belongs to bourgeoisie.

c.) gerasim belongs to the working class.

d.) gerasim is able to stay cheerful even in difficult times.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.