Question

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 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.

Explanation:

• Option A: The passage says Modernist writers/artists realized traditional artistic conventions had little to offer in finding meaning in a world thrust into modernity after global war. This implies traditional art couldn't capture modern world horrors (like war - induced chaos) well.
• Option B: The passage doesn't mention Modernists being soldiers or their anger about war pointlessness.
• Option C: The passage states traditional conventions had little to offer in the modern (war - affected) world, so they likely didn't focus on war violence.
• Option D: The passage doesn't say Modernism is the “best” at capturing war experience, just that traditional conventions were insufficient.

Answer:

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