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

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With the increase in literacy and the popularity of books in the eighteenth century, censorship became unevenly implemented throughout Europe. Some countries, such as France, implemented censorship more strictly than others. However, censorship was not entirely nonexistent, as it still occurred to some extent, nor was it institutionalized throughout all of Europe. It was also not solely controlled by the Roman Catholic Church or restricted to books for children.

With the Rise in Literacy and the Book Business in the Eighteenth