Charles Baudelaire was forced to remove six poems from his book Les Fleurs du mal because they

a. criticized the French government.
b. had themes of lesbianism and vampirism.
c. presented a romanticized view of death.
d. celebrated the lives of French prostitutes.


Answer: b

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