Question

question 1
lets say you are retelling this article. which is most important to say?
a. messages could be sent using shoelace patterns.
b. the cia had a plan that was called mkultra.
c. the cia hired john mulholland to teach spies magic.
d. john mulholland’s manuals were made into a book.

(left text: hidden cameras. clever disguises. secret codes, sabotage. to help win the cold war, the united states used magic.
the cold war was a standoff between the u.s. and the soviet union. who would win? the u.s. central intelligence agency (cia) decided that a magician could help them. the magician could teach magic tricks to cia agents. the agents worked as spies for the u.s.
in 1953, the cia hired john mulholland. the cia paid him $3,000 (u.s.). that’s about $29,000 now. mulholland was a magician. he taught the cia spies his stage tricks. this broke the magicians’ code of secrecy. but mulholland wanted to help his country.
image: john mulholland shared the tricks of his trade with cia agents
image credit: compounded by achieve3000; rare photos by warsandconflicts/getty images plus; book: story of magic: luring & mystery, 1958, magicians magic postcards/stocktrek images; cia (documents and photo))

Explanation:

To determine the most important point for retelling the article, we analyze the main idea of the article. The article focuses on the CIA hiring John Mulholland (a magician) to teach magic tricks to CIA agents (spies) to help in the Cold War. Option A is about a specific message - sending method (shoelace patterns) which is not the main focus. Option B mentions MKULTRA, but the article doesn't discuss MKULTRA, it's about hiring a magician. Option D is about his manuals being made into a book, which is a minor detail. Option C directly relates to the main event described in the article: the CIA hiring John Mulholland to teach spies magic.

Answer:

C. The CIA hired John Mulholland to teach spies magic.