The Following Excerpt Is from the Karlsbad Decrees, a Set

Multiple Choice

The following excerpt is from the Karlsbad Decrees, a set of policies that clamped down on liberal nationalists in the universities and the press (Evaluating the Evidence 21.1) : "The confederated governments mutually pledge themselves to remove from the universities or other public educational institutions all teachers who, by obvious deviation from their duty, or by exceeding the limits of their functions, or by the abuse of their legitimate influence over the youthful minds, or by propagating harmful doctrines hostile to public order or subversive of existing governmental institutions, shall have unmistakably proved their unfitness for the important office intrusted to them. . . ."
This passage suggests that the authors of the decrees saw universities as

A) potential centers of political subversion.
B) bastions of conservatism.
C) unnecessary to the smooth running of the state.
D) expensive luxuries.