AP European History

Answer - B - The main problem that Diderot dealt with while compiling his Encyclopedia was censorship.

Key Takeaway: Denis Diderot was a prominent Enlightenment figure in France, as a writer, philosopher, and art critic. Diderot was generally best-known as being the main contributor to and editor of the Encyclopédie, the first encyclopedia. From the beginning, the Encyclopédie was met with controversy and censorship. The work was suspended by courts in the 1752 and then later, was formally suppressed. Diderot believed in his work, hoping that it would allow general knowledge to be spread to the masses. But the French government knew that knowledge was power and fought to keep its contents from reaching average readers.