Using context clues for help, select the letter of the best meaning for each italicized word or words. No one knows how humans acquired the concept of cooking food, but their first experience of cooking was probably fortuitous: very likely, some meat fell into a fire by accident.

Group of answer choices

harmful

planned

lucky

expensive

What does the candle symbolize in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich? “when i am not, what will there be? there will be nothing. then where shall i be when i am no more? can this be dying? no, i don’t want to! ” he jumped up and tried to light the candle, felt for it with trembling hands, dropped candle and candlestick on the floor, and fell back on his pillow. a. ivan ilyich’s shallow lifestyle b. ivan ilyich’s troubled conscience c. ivan ilyich’s murky past d. ivan ilyich’s approaching death