Which of the following did Milton not advocate in print in the 1640s and 1650s ?
Correct answer: D. the restoration of the monarchy
- A. the disestablishment of the church and the removal of bishops
- B. the right of the people to dismiss and even execute their rulers
- C. the free circulation of ideas without prior censorship
- D. the restoration of the monarchy
Explanation
Milton defended religious disestablishment, popular resistance to tyrants, and freedom from prior censorship in his political prose. He opposed the restoration of the monarchy, which occurred after his main polemical work of the period.
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