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Question
Vasily Kandinskys Improvisation #30 (Cannons) was inspired by ________.
a. talk of war just before World War I began
b. cannons firing during World War II
c. the bombing of the Twin Towers on September 11
d. thoughts of all the future wars that might occur
e. the desire to wreak havoc on all of the institutions of the art world
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