Answer:
Peaceful
Explanation:
"Then foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the fields, half hidden in the mists of the fall mornings." That sounds way peaceful.
The quote is saying that the theaters work brought a return to modified realism. Meaning that with the realism is modified, so I believe that answer would be C.
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B. It is often used to make fun of/criticize something