One purpose of Expressionist works was to: A. portray the irrationality of human experience.
B. shift the focus from realism to emotion.
C. depict the constant and rapid movement of modern life.
D. represent multiple perspectives in a two-dimensional space.

B. Shift the focus from realism to emotion

Explanation:

Expressionism is a modernist movement, its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.

I took the test myself, correct.

"prior to 1910, these new artists were called neo-impressionists, and they believed that "modern paris" was the proper subject for their paintings."

this is the text provided by the program, disregard other answers, as they are confusing and based on loose knowledge of the subject.   : )