Choose the word that best replaces the underlined word in the sentence. eliot’s poem has long been read as a_modern_grail myth. a. futuristic c. scholarly b. old-fashioned d. contemporary

The word that best replaces the underlined word "modern" is D. contemporary.

Explanation:

The definition of the adjective "modern" would be something or someone related to present or recent times as opposed to the remote past. Similarly, one of the definitions for the adjective "contemporary" is something or someone belonging to or occurring in the present. It is, thus, safe to say the two adjectives are synonyms and one can replace the other.

Besides that, T. S. Elliot's poem The Waste (1022) Land is known as a contemporary yet loose version of the Arthurian literature myth of The Holy Grail, which first appeared around 1190.