literature medium True/False

The French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire's real name was François-Marie Arouet.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

François-Marie Arouet adopted the pen name Voltaire, under which he wrote influential works like 'Candide' and championed civil liberties and freedom of religion.

Topic Pen Names
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