Question

1. ______ is written lies about a person that damages his/her reputation.

censorship

slander

libel

bail

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Censorship: The suppression of speech/expression, not related to written lies damaging reputation.
• Slander: Spoken false statements damaging reputation, not written.
• Libel: Defined as written (or published) false statements that damage a person’s reputation.
• Bail: Money/security for a defendant’s release, irrelevant here.

So the correct term for written lies damaging reputation is Libel.

Answer:

C. Libel