What is the most accurate statement about the modern age? a. the rise of the middle class and the wide availability of affordable automobiles led to the development of suburban areas. b. new technologies, greater demand, and increased incomes led to growth in the number of family farms. c. after world war ii, fewer children were born, leading to smaller families and more traditional value systems. d. following the war, american influence in the world decreased, and the nation became insular and protective.

Read the first stanza of wallace stevens's 'the anecdote of the jar' below: i placed a jar in tennessee, and round it was, upon a hill. it made the slovenly wilderness surround that hill. which of these is the best paraphrase of the stanza? o a. when i placed a jar outside in tennessee, it seemed to dominate all of nature. o b. the round jar i put on a hill looked strange amidst the wildness of nature o c. i put a round jar on a hill in tennessee, and the jar made the wilderness surround it. o d. i placed a jar on a round, wilderness-covered hill in tennessee.