Who was the falsely accused army officer that Zola helped exonerate?
Arthur Rimbaud
Charles Baudelaire
Gustav Flaubert
Alfred Dreyfus
Answer
Alfred Dreyfus was a French army officer who was falsely accused of treason and espionage in 1894. The Dreyfus Affair was a major scandal in French history that divided the country and raised questions about the fairness of the French justice system. Zola was one of the most vocal supporters of Dreyfus and helped to exonerate him in 1899.
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