According to the Text, One of the First Widely Circulated

question 19

Multiple Choice

According to the text, one of the first widely circulated arguments for a free, unlicensed press can be traced to ______.

• A) the un-amended U.S. Constitution
• B) the tradition of a free press that started in Great Britain and other European countries in the 1600s
• C) English poet John Milton's essay Areopagitica
• D) President John Adams
• E) Welsh poet Dylan Thomas's poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"

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