Which word from the paragraph does not help create a tone of enthusiasm

Follow the direct characterization she was the kindest girl he had ever met she was the kindest girl he had ever met follow the direct characterization

Which statement is the most accurate summary of this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich?

2read this passage from "the raven." what is puzzling the speaker in this stanza? 60% but the raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, straight i wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door then, upon the velvet sinking, i betook myself to linking fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore- what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore meant in croaking "nevermore." s and what the raven's message is why the raven came to visit where the raven came from how the raven got into his room