Question

Select the correct answer.

In this passage, how does the author connect past English fashions and the American fashions of the time?

A.
He argues that modern American women are more fashionable than English women from earlier eras because American women don’t wear the same dresses more than once.
B.
He criticizes American fashions by negatively comparing them with older English styles.
C.
He demonstrates why the Cavaliers and the Puritans developed such different ways of dressing.
D.
He suggests that Charles I had a notable influence on American children’s clothing.

Answer 1

B. He criticizes American fashions by negatively comparing them with older English styles.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question refers to the article "The inglish renaissance art" written by Oscar Wilde, where the author makes a specific criticism about the female fashion pattern used by American women. Wilde did not sympathize with the American clothing style and disparaged the clothing of these women by comparing them with the clothing styles used in Europe, which he finds most beautiful, elegant, classy and sophisticated, while American dresses lacked any of these characteristics.