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Propaganda: What's the Message?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

What is the main purpose of propaganda?

a)

To inform people about different ideas

b)

To manipulate people's actions and beliefs

c)

To entertain people with catchy slogans

d)
  1. To educate people about current events

2.

What does the bandwagon propaganda technique aim to create?

a)

Fear and dislike for people, ideas, or institutions

b)

Positive images to persuade people to like something

c)

A sense of widespread support for a thing or idea

d)

A feeling of trust by showing that people just like you use the product

3.

What is the purpose of name-calling in propaganda?

a)

To provide information about different viewpoints

b)

To show one side as positive and the other side as negative

c)

To create fear and dislike for people, ideas, or institutions

d)
  1. To manipulate people's actions and beliefs

4.

Which propaganda technique involves using slogans that appeal to people's emotions but provide little or no information?

a)

Testimonials

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Glittering Generalities

d)
  1. Plain Folks

5.

What is card stacking in propaganda?

a)

Showing one side as positive and the other side as negative

b)

Using celebrities to endorse a product or idea

c)

Creating a sense of widespread support for a thing or idea

d)

Showing the subject of the message in a positive light

6.

Which propaganda technique is designed to send the message that a product or person is "just like you"?

a)

Transfer

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Plain Folks

d)

Glittering Generalities

7.

What does the transfer technique use to persuade people?

a)

Images that appeal to people's emotions

b)

Celebrities or other respected people endorsing, or officially supporting, a product or idea

c)

Slogans that provide little or no information

d)

Facts and figures to show one side as positive and the other side as negative

8.

How does the plain folks technique gain people's trust?

a)

By showing celebrities endorsing a product or idea

b)

By creating a sense of widespread support for a thing or idea

c)

By using images that appeal to people's emotions

d)

By showing ordinary-looking people who vouch for how well a product works

9.

Which propaganda technique uses your feelings about one thing to get you to feel the same way about something else?

a)

Plain Folks

b)

Transfer

c)

Glittering Generalities

d)

Name-Calling

10.

Which propaganda technique involves using celebrities to endorse a product or idea?

a)

Testimonials

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Name-Calling

d)

Plain Folks