Answer: steep slopes, removal of vegetation, earthquakes, and an undercutting of a slope.
Even though option D is also related to Modernism and could be related to the excerpt, option C seems to be the correct one: It conveys the idea of isolation from modern life.
Modernist were called "the lost generation" because of their search for meaning among the fragments of modern life. In the excerpt, the words "lonely men" seem to address the theme of isolation and alienation in society. While everyone seems to have a role to perform in modern life, that does not mean they have found their true identity. Some sort of value seems to have been lost and, with it, men lost themselves. Modernism is characterized by the search of such value.
The authors use rhetorical devices to increase the credibility of the essay. This is the most correct answer of all those mentioned because it directly corresponds to ethos, the rhetorical appeal to credibility.
It's not a person, never heard of a place called 'happiness', or I would go there.
It has to be a thing. Meaning it's a noun.
