Answer: D
The answer is D because the information following "message" is the message. A colon is appropriate (as used in D) when the information after the colon describes or represents the word or phrase that comes before the colon.
Jim and Della love each other
The answer is A. Gets her mother to allow her to play in local tournaments.
The opinion about the Russian society that Leo Tolstoy expresses in this excerpt from The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the following one:
<span>D. Peasants more readily accepted unpleasant facts of life, while the middle class tried to deny them.
We can see that Ivan's servant is with him all along during his sickness, helping him and understanding what is going on, whereas people who belong to the middle or upper class regard his condition with disgust. </span>
