The chapter introduction tells the story of Sister Aimee and the imaginary Smiths to make the point that
A. in the Jazz Age, truth was often stranger than fiction.
B. transformations of the New Era mixed ambivalently with traditional beliefs and practices.
C. modern methods and values had taken over the minds of Americans by the 1920s.
D. Catholics, like other marginal groups, were becoming more culturally influential in the urbanized mass culture of the 1920s.
Answer: B
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