A Soup Company Once a Television Ad for a Soup

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Multiple Choice

A soup company once a television ad for a soup in which marbles were put in the bottom of the soup bowl to make the chunky stuff in the soup be near the top. This ad was:

• A) illegal in the U.S. and probably illegal in most advanced European nations and in Japan
• B) legal in the U.S., but probably illegal as being deceptive in much of Europe and in Japan
• C) illegal in the U.S., but would probably be legal in most of Europe and in Japan
• D) legal in the U.S. and would probably be legal in most of Europe and in Japan since it does not injure consumers
• E) none of the other choices

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