At the End of the Seventeenth Century and the Beginning

Multiple Choice

At the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the next, the main force in putting an end to beliefs in the supernatural powers and evil designs of witches was

A) revulsion at the slaughter of hundreds of innocent people.
B) the growing influence of Protestantism.
C) higher and more consistent standards for evidence in legal proceedings.
D) a decline in the number of witches.