Why is having friends important

Who says, "cause we all tied up in a race of people that don't know how to do nothing but moan, pray and have babies"? from a raisin in the sun. a. walter b. ruth c. george d. beneatha

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

Identify how chekhov’s background and beliefs may have influenced his short story “the bet”.