What Nobel Prize-winning author depicted fictional character George F. Babbitt, whose surname has become synonymous with a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to dominant middle-class standards?
- William Faulkner
- SAUL BELLOW
- John Steinbeck
- Sinclair Lewis
Answer
The correct answer is D) Sinclair Lewis.
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