I think it’s D not too sure tho
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>
The methods include: Facts and statistics, examples, and illustration, process, comparison and contrast, cause and effect, classification and analysis, definition, and analogy.
Answer:
GERMANS, the other thing I don't know
The use of vague language allows them to say things in a very generic way so that they can account for what they say, any more precise language can become compromising for them as they will be asked in the future to account for what they said, so a sentence like "we will do our best to erradicate corruption" is vague and if a politician is asked to account for this they can say "well, we have been doing our best but it is not easy", now if they say "we will erradicate corruption in our government within the next three years." people can ask them to account for these exact words.
