x Read the following excerpt from the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" to go along with the passage from Babbitt
And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully!
Smoothed by long fingers,
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Asleep... tired or it malingers,
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Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me.
Should I, after tea and cakes and ices,
Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis?
Which element of American Modernism BEST matches BOTH passages?
A
The boredom and emptiness often found in modern life
B
The disillusionment with religious practice and belief
C
The wildly experimental style that many Modernists favored
D
The terrible impact of World War I on soldiers and civilians alike