"Wherever German is spoken and German culture is practiced" according to the poet, it defines Germany as a nation.
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
In "Where is the German's Fatherland," by Ernst Moritz Arndt, everywhere German is being used and German culture is exercised is what distinguishes Germany as per the author. This poem was written in 1813, at the height of French Napoleonic rule.
Arndt is one of the scholarly writers who inspired the patriotism of Germany. He points out that the fatherland of German is where German is spoken and German culture is exercised, so it can be anywhere.
