Reading Comprehension Passage 38 MCQ Test With Answers - ON WAR

PROPAGANDA

Questions must be answered on the basis of what is stated

or implied in the passage itself, and not on the basis of 2. In Germany,
what you may know independently about the subject
matter. A) the civilians were poisoned by British propaganda.

ON WAR PROPAGANDA The Germans' insensitivity to the psychological B) a space goat was effectively maintained.
1.
reactions of other nations, including the neutrals, almost certainly C) the didhome propaganda was used to keep the
more harm to their cause than any amount of Allied propaganda, peoplealthough
ignorant of the real situation.
even after the War they continued to insist on its effectiveness in causing
D) the army promised an early victory with an
them to lose the struggle. It was used as a scapegoat to maintain in effect
that their army had not been beaten in the field but had been increasingly
let down by unjustified optimism.
those behind the lines who had allowed their minds to be poisoned E) theby army had not been beaten in the field.
British propaganda. Historically this is wholly untrue; for towards the finale
of the war civilian morale in Germany was almost certainly higher than that
of the army, lulled as the people were by their home propaganda with its
constant promises of an early victory and its increasingly unjustified
optimism. German propaganda as a whole was indeed ineffectual, being
3. German propaganda abroad was unsuccessful
carried out largely by army officers of the old school who did not really
because
believe in its value. It, too, in spite of later denials, had its atrocity stories,
but its worst failing was that it allowed itself to be constantly on A) the
it was carried out by civilian experts.
defensive, expending most of its energies in announcing that Allied
propaganda was both untrue and unfair and making laboured attempts B) of the fact
to that it denied its own atrocity stories.
correct what were regarded as false impressions. This broke one C) Allied
of the propaganda
first was both untrue and unfair.
rules of the propagandist, which is that his message must always D) itbewas on the defensive, whereas good
positive, never negative. The attempt to correct "unfair" propaganda
propaganda should always be on the offensive.
merely has the effect of bringing the original statements back to the minds
of its recipients and spreading them amongst those who mightE)otherwise it was regarded by the people as false
never have heard them. The worse a country's situation is, theimpressions.
stronger
reason for presenting a positive suggestion of confidence and indifference
to danger. J.A.C. BROWN, Techniques Of Persuasion: From Propaganda To 
Brain-Washing.   The Germans

A) were insensitive to any amount of Allied propaganda.

B) gave neutral reactions to other nations.
C) insisted on the ineffectiveness of propaganda war.
D) proved themselves to be masters of the art of propaganda.
E) did not quite appreciate how other nations reacted psychologically.

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 Reading Comprehension Passage 38 MCQ Test With Answers - ON WAR
PROPAGANDA

4. One of the first rules of the propagandist is

that he must

A) never endeavour to rectify "unjustifiable" enemy 5. The attempt to correct "unfair" propaganda
propaganda.
A) does in fact help the objectives of the enemy
B) constantly talk about how unfair the enemy
propaganda.
propaganda is.
B) presents a positive suggestion of confidence.
C) allow himself to be constantly on the defensive.
C) has got to be truly original in what it says.
D) cooperate with the army officers of the old school.
D) makes the country's situation much stronger.
E) pacifies the people into an ever-increasing
E) firmly believe in the atrocity stories that he
optimism.
himself makes up.

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PROPAGANDA

Answer Key:

1: E 4: A
2: C 5: A
3: D

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