With the rise in literacy and the book business in the eighteenth century,censorship:
A) was surprisingly nonexistent.
B) was institutional throughout Europe.
C) was uneven in its implementation.
D) was left to the Roman Catholic Church.
E) was applied only to books for children.

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With the rise of literacy and the book business in the eighteenth century, censorship was not completely absent, but it was not institutional throughout Europe either. It was unevenly implemented, with some countries having stricter censorship laws than others. The Roman Catholic Church did play a role in some cases of censorship, but it was not solely responsible, and censorship was not limited to children's books.

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