What Was Socialist Realism

question 16

Multiple Choice

What was socialist realism?

• A)Recognition that building socialism would require hard work and sacrifice
• B)The requirement that artists and writers idealize the working class and the Soviet Union in their work
• C)The view that writers and artists in the West only produced what the capitalist market demanded and therefore had betrayed their artistic talents
• D)A firm conviction that communism would prevail over capitalism in the near future

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