Answer: C
Candidates often pledge to focus on positive messages in their advertising.
Explanation:
“Do I have all the information that I need” and “have I found an answer to each of my questions?” Are the options that apply
Answer:
"And for Leo, and other adventure seekers like him, soaring through the skies in an aircraft powered only by the invisible forces of nature comes as close as one can get to realizing that dream."
Answer:
Based solely on this sentence? Best definition if we're only using this is...
A person who is authoritarian ('he alone'), blunt ('uses the literal meanings of words') and forcibly supresses others ('will not listen to others', 'makes decisions on behalf of others').
Not too far off the mark, but there's a lot more to fascism than is shown here.
As usual in life, motives can be complicated. The theme of Ivan Illych marrying this woman because of her money and her social position is one possibility that he discusses (she comes from a "good" family and has some property). The other theme is that she is pretty and he fell in love with her and to some extent she complements his views on life. In choosing from the options, re the themes, I would say that a) conforming to social conventions and b) the necessity of companionshp should be the two main themes in this excerpt.
