The term "Lost Generation" can be applied to which of the following groups ?
Correct answer: D. A and B only
- A. A group of self-imposed American expatriates living in Paris that included Ernest Hemingway, Hart Crane, and Henry Miller
- B. A group of artists and writers who were deeply marked by the traumas of World War I
- C. Any American in self-exile in Europe to avoid fighting in World War I
- D. A and B only
Explanation
The Lost Generation broadly refers to American writers and artists disillusioned or deeply affected by World War I, including expatriates in Paris. Both the expatriate description in A and the wider war-trauma description in B are therefore intended, while C is too broad.
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