American Modernism

Which of these inferences about Modernist work is best supported by the first paragraph?

• A. Adults have proven themselves incapable of honesty and passing on confidence to the following generations.

• B. Teenagers have a unique talent to produce Modernist works.

• C. It causes the artists themselves to typically experience depression and anxiety.

• D. There are similarities between its attitudes and the disillusionment of a teenager.

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Which of these statements is most strongly supported by the following passage (paragraph 1)?

When you were a small child, you probably thought your parents knew everything and could do anything. When you became a teenager, however, things changed. Suddenly, adults didn’t seem so brilliant and amazing. They may have even seemed stubborn and foolish. Even worse is the realization when you become an adult that the certainty you once thought all adults naturally possessed is suddenly nowhere to be found. These rude awakenings capture the feelings of Modernism, (1914-1945), a movement of writers and artists who realized that traditional artistic conventions had little to offer when it came to finding meaning in a world suddenly and violently thrust into modernity after global war.

• A. Former artistic traditions were not sufficient mediums through which to capture the horrors of the modern world.

• B. Modernists were often soldiers who returned home angered by the fate of fighting in a war they saw as pointless.

• C. Former artistic traditions also focused on the violence of wars.

• D. Modernism is considered by art historians to be the artistic movement that best captures the experience of war.

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The following passage (paragraph 2) mainly shows that ________________________________.

On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. There had been tensions and smaller conflicts for years, and the assassination set off a chain of war declarations as nations pledged to support their allies or oppose their enemies. Thus began a war of unprecedented scale: a World War. When America entered the Great War, or, as we now call it, World War I, in 1917, they found a new type of warfare. Machine guns, mustard gas, tanks, airplanes, submarines, and other advancements changed the way wars were fought.

• A. Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand

• B. the Great War was of an unprecedented scale of destruction

• C. the Great War was characterized by massive casualties

• D. Gavrilo Princip became one of the most decorated generals of the Great War

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What is most closely the meaning of expatriate as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 4)?

Many of these expatriates flocked to Paris. Here, they wrote and painted and composed. Their work was popular both in Europe and in America. Ironically, some of the most influential works of American literature were being written outside of America.

• A. verb | to move to a different country

• B. adjective | of a person who lives outside his/her native country

• C. noun | people living outside their native country

• D. noun | people forcibly exiled from their native land

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Which of these statements is most strongly supported by the section entitled “Breaking Boundaries” (paragraphs 5–7 / See StudySync Passage)?

• A. Living in other countries inspired Modernists to try new techniques.

• B. Modernists hoped to capture human experience by using direct language and traditional forms.

• C. Extremely long, dense novels became popular at the height of Modernism.

• D. Literary innovation was at the heart of the Modernist movement.

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