The Text Refers to Salons as

question 31

Multiple Choice

The text refers to salons as

• A) regular receptions devoted to intelligent, egalitarian conversation, often hosted by women.
• B) the last stronghold of aristocratic privileges.
• C) a place where culture and traditional fashions still held sway.
• D) the place where the French king retired when his public duties were finished.
• E) businesses catering to the emerging consumer societies of Western Europe.

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Definitions:

Stretched

In geological contexts, stretched refers to the extension or elongation of the Earth's crust as a result of tectonic activities, leading to the formation of features such as rift valleys.

Erode Material

Refers to substances or objects that have experienced erosion, the process where natural forces like water and wind remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location and then transport it to another.

Crust

The thin, solid, outermost layer of the Earth, lying above the mantle.

Himalaya

A major mountain range in Asia, forming a barrier between the Plateau of Tibet to the north and the alluvial plains of the Indian subcontinent to the south.