Which Statement About Ruth Benedict's Role in Helping to Rebuild

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which statement about Ruth Benedict's role in helping to rebuild Japan after WWII is false?

• A) She argued to keep the institution of the Emperor in post war Japan.
• B) Her book, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword, sold more copies in Japan than in the United States.
• C) She used her own anthropological research on Japanese culture to inform the rebuilding process in Japan.
• D) She argued that Japan's society was very rigid and not adaptable to democratic forces.
• E) She worked for the Office of War Information in the U.S.

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