1.
PART A: Which statement expresses the central idea of the text?

A
Propaganda is a form of persuasion that is only used to advance a government’s political agenda, and it is most often spread through books and other print media.
B
Propaganda often manipulates the truth to influence another person’s actions or beliefs and is more easily spread today because of new technologies.
C
Propaganda almost always leads to negative consequences for the people who use it, because their audience eventually realizes that they have been intentionally misled.
D
Propaganda is a useful way of communicating opinions to others, and is only dangerous when it is used by people who aren’t skilled at advertising or using mass media.