The writings of Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Jonathan Swift show that
A) popular success is no bar to philosophical influence.
B) England and France were equally free of censorship.
C) poetry and drama were the most effective way to spread new ideas.
D) satire is never a good way to make serious points.
E) only nobles were taken seriously as Enlightenment writers,
Answer: A
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