120.
1st and 2nd only.
The passage indicates that Decadent authors embraced
artifice over nature. Huysmans’s protagonist, in an example of Decadent
writing, surrounds himself with perfume, among other items. It can be
inferred that at least one follower of the Decadent movement considered
perfume to be an example of artifice, and that he held it to have surpassed, or
be superior to, natural entities. However, the passage does not say whether
Huysmans enjoyed surrounding himself with the perfume—only that his
character did, so the third statement is not supported.
121.
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