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Which historical developments influenced Arnold’s writing of Dover Beach?

AThe Industrial Revolution

BThe rise of Romanticism

CAdvances in geology and evolutionary theory

DThe fall of Napoleon

Answer:

C. Advances in geology and evolutionary theory

Read Explanation:

Discoveries by geologists like Lyell and evolutionary theories challenged biblical accounts, leading to widespread doubt and the crisis of faith reflected in Arnold’s poem.


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