The Democratic Institutions and Optimism Still Prevalent at the Turn

question 44

Multiple Choice

The democratic institutions and optimism still prevalent at the turn of the twentieth century were based on the

• A) exaltation of force.
• B) confidence in Europe's progress and values.
• C) yearning of a new authority.
• D) quest for the heroic.
• E) fascination with the irrational and the primitive.

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