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In 1734, François-Marie Arouet, better known by his pen name Voltaire, fled Paris to the region of Champagne, trading the sophisticated capital for acres of rustic vineyards. Once again, the sharp-tongued philosopher had violated French censors. Eight years earlier, he'd escaped to England after the Duc de Rohan accused him of slander. However, his isolation from the continent was far from fruitless. During his time in England, Voltaire developed his philosopher's identity. After a three-year exile, he received permission to return to Paris in 1729, but he came home a different writer and thinker.

According to the passage, Voltaire fled Paris because he

(A)had better opportunities elsewhere
(B)violated the terms of his exile
(C)was accused of slander
(D)violated French censors


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Okay see readers three of five here and let's just

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dive in Here's the question According to the passage voltaire

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fled paris because in seventy thirty for francois mauriac away

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better known by his pen name voltaire fled paris the

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region sham pollen trading the sophisticated capital for acres of

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rustic vineyards Once again the sharp tongue floss for ahead

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violated french censors Eight years earlier he'd escaped in england

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after the duke johan accused him of slander over his

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isolation from the continent was far from fruitless During his

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time in england voltaire developed his philosopher's identity After a

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three year exile He received permission return to paris and

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seventy twenty nine But he came home a different writer

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and thinker Boy he must have said some really edgy

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things for the french to censor him right with french

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Don't censor anything Okay well let's think about this huh

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Voltaire was a genius Clearly he worked it apples fixing

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phones But he also had a big mouth in the

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seventeen hundreds It was not kosher to go around saying

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things that the government didn't want you to but voltaire

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did it anyway And they had a big pair of

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scissors and a pliers and cut out your tongue for

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doing that Yeah in fact we'll tear was really lucky

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that all he got was exile and you know not

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a coupon for a free day with the scissors or

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the big scissors for the executioner Yeah well anyway so

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let's think about it Yeah he just he violated friend

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sensors That's the right answer in the form of metallic

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could be the loser Both questions they're thrown at you

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to just julia Well let's See though exile proved to

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be a productive time for volt terrian leave paris willingly

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so get that out of their passage Tells us that

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he got the boot for making illegal statements for violating

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a previous exile We'll tear was charged for slander at

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one point but definitely that was used before his seventeen

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thirty for exile from paris You gotta get the dates

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right so that's it Be careful If you're violating france

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sensors at least back then today Well today pretty much 00:01:49.823 --> [endTime] you can say anything you want Eh

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