Question

questions 15 through 17 refer to the following.

atural gratitude - national pride - every high and generous feeling that attaches us to the land of our birth, or that elevates our characters as individuals, asks of us that we should foster the... literature of our country... on the other hand, it is not necessary for these purposes - it is even detrimental to bestow on mediocrity the praise due to excellence, and still more so is the attempt to persuade ourselves and others into an admiration of the faults of our writers
it must however be allowed, that the poetry of the united states, though it has not reached that perfection to which some other countries have carried theirs, is yet even better than it could have been expected to produce, considering that our nation has scarcely seen two centuries since its founders erected their cabins on its soil...
the fondness for literature is fast increasing in our country - and if this were not the case, the patrons of literature have multiplied, of course, and will continue to multiply with the mere growth of our population. the popular english works of the day are often reprinted in our country - they are dispersed all over the union... what should hinder our native works, if equal in merit, from meeting an equally favorable reception?\
william cullen bryant, book review in the north american review, 1818
15 mark for review
the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following developments?
a the termination of cultural connections with great britain
b the popularization of the belief in human perfectibility
c the creation of a unique american culture
d the foundation of a trans - atlantic print culture

Explanation:

The text mentions "the popular English works of the day are often reprinted in our country" which shows cultural connections with Great Britain. Other options like creation of a unique American culture (not focused on here), belief in human perfectibility (not the main point), and foundation of trans - Atlantic print culture (too broad compared to the text's focus on cultural connections through reprinting of English works) are not as relevant.

Answer:

A. The termination of cultural connections with Great Britain