Select the correct text in the passage. Which excerpt from The Death of Ivan Ilych can be used as textual evidence to support a thesis statement on the theme of loneliness?

The excerpt from The Death of Ivan Ilych that can be used as textual

evidence to support a thesis statement on the theme of loneliness is 'There

was no deceiving himself: something terrible, new, and more important than

anything before in his life, was taking place within him of which he alone was

aware'.