John snow's nonfiction work "on the mode of communication of cholera" and edgar allan poe's fictional work "the masque of the red death" both describe a fatal epidemic. which is the most suitable comparison of the two works? snow's work looks at how the disease spreads geographically, while poe's work looks at how it affects different classes of society. snow's work looks for the cause of the disease to prevent it, while poe's work personifies it to entertain his audience. snow's work focuses on the number of deaths caused by the disease, while poe's work focuses on the nature of deaths it causes. snow uses technical words to add credibility to his work, while poe uses simple language to maintain clarity in his work. snow's work stresses that the disease is fatal to many, while poe's work stresses that the disease is fatal to all.

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;