The spread of photography
A) led many painters to choose the camera as their instrument of expression.
B) resulted in a lack of creative artistic expression because of general pessimism.
C) led to a new artistic genre that tried to produce paintings that were more accurate than the camera.
D) led many painters to take an almost Luddite-like glee in smashing cameras.
E) led many painters to believe that the purpose of painting was not to mirror reality but to create it.
Answer: E) led many painters to believe that the purpose of painting was not to mirror reality but to create it.
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A. Both the quantity of mail and the size of the government workforce rose. B. The size of the government workforce rose to prevent mail fraud, and the mail quantity decreased. C. The new changes did not affect the size of the government, but the quantity of mail rose significantly. D. The new changes did not affect the quantity of mail, but the size of government increased significantly.
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A) the United States supported its resistance to Soviet invaders. B) millions of refugees left after the Soviet invasion. C) it shares the Islamic religion with Pakistan. D) its border with India has been a longstanding division between ethnic groups. E) a vicious civil war among various factions for dominance.
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