Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

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naturally aren't as big a liar as they are. And it looks like that's just what they've done. It wouldn't make any difference to them The place was dark and damp, and smelled like moldy leaves. make them believe it." Zeckler frowned. "And how do they regard the—the biggest dead, musty air with distaste. He drew his carefully tailored Terran-styled jacket closer about his shoulders, shivering as his Zeckler was on his feet, his eyes suddenly bright with excitement. Zeckler's eyes flashed, and a huge grin broke out on his "No, no, I've got a problem in the bag!" Zeckler's cheeks "Look, Zeckler, the name is Meyerhoff, and I'm not your and the judge banged the gavel for silence. As soon as Zeckler gaunt face of the prisoner. Zeckler's face was dark with a The judge stared down at Zeckler as if he were a bug on a a little. "So Harry Zeckler's in a jam again," he said. Zeckler looked sharply around the hushed room. "You want " Zeckler's eyes widened. "What do you mean, fool? So I All Earthmen are absolutely incapable of telling the truth. " Puzzled frowns appeared on the jury's faces. One or two to soak in. And then pandemonium broke loose in the courtroom. "Really," said Harry Zeckler loftily, "it was so obvious I'm walk in here with a shaky passport and no permit, with no knowledge of the natives outside of two paragraphs of inaccuracies in the Explorer's Guide, and even then you're not content to come in and sell something legitimate, something the natives might conceivably be able to use. No, nothing so " You mean I'm not being extradited? " Meyerhoff grinned unpleasantly. "I mean precisely that. You've committed a crime here—a major crime. The Altairians that they simply could not cope with. Something that would throw them into such utter confusion that they wouldn't dare natives are out to get you. Personally, I think they're going to get you." Zeckler stood up shakily. "You can't believe anything the are sore about it. And the Terran Consulate isn't willing me go." "A little fine of one Terran neck." Meyerhoff grinned nastily. "You've committed the most heinous crime these creatures can lying they never have run up against a short-circuit like that. You've also completely botched any hope of ever setting up imagine, and they're going to get you for it if it's the last thing Zeckler's grin broadened, and he leaned back luxuriously. Zeckler fished in the other man's pocket, extracted a cigarette, they do. I'm afraid, my friend, that your con-man days are Commission, that's all. I wouldn't get tangled up in a mess with those creatures for anything!" He shook his head. "You're lint fleck from his lapel, and looked up at Zeckler slyly. "That—uh—jury Zeckler went white. "But that money was in banking custody!" little con-man. "And incidentally, you're under arrest, you know." A choking sound came from Zeckler's throat. " Arrest! " "Oh, yes. Didn't I tell you? Conspiring to undermine the authority of the Terran Trading Commission. Serious charge, Zeckler spluttered. "There's no evidence—you've got nothing I don't think you'll get off." Zeckler puffed nervously on his cigarette, his narrow face Transcriber's Note: spreading his hands. "Everybody's doing it. They do it to each other without batting an eye. You should see Terran gag about the Brooklyn Bridge? The same thing. Only these critters didn't want bridges. They wanted land—this rights almost as soon as they're born. Anything goes, as long as it benefits them as individuals." Meyerhoff grinned at the little man's horrified face. "Never course they're liars, with an economy like that. They've completely missed the concept of truth. Pathological? You bet they're pathological! Only a fool would tell the truth when his life depended on his being a better liar than the next guy! Lying is the time-honored tradition, with their entire legal system built around it." Zeckler snorted. "But how could they went out and found a chunk of ground in the uplands, and sold it to a dozen separate, self-centered, half-starved natives! Encroachment on private property is legal grounds for murder on this planet, and twelve of them descended on the same Zeckler was visibly shaken. "Look," he said weakly, "so I with seats facing the bench. Zeckler followed the shaggy-haired Altairians attempted to push through the door at once. Zeckler prosecutor eyed Zeckler with cold malevolence, then turned down at Zeckler with all three eyes, and pounded the bench top judge's voice roared out, "against one Harry Zeckler—" he pounded the bench five or six times more. "This—creature—is hereby accused of the following crimes," the judge bellowed. "Conspiracy to overthrow the government of Altair I. Brutal murder of seventeen law-abiding citizens of the village of Goddess Zermat, Queen of the Harvest. Conspiracy with the lesser gods to cause the unprecedented drought in the Dermatti section of our fair globe. Obscene exposure of his pouch-marks in a public square. Four separate and distinct charges of jail-break and bribery—" The judge pounded the bench for order—"Espionage a puppet on a string. "Defendant found guilty on all counts," he said. "Defendant is guilty! The court will pronounce sentence—" " " Zeckler was on his feet, wild-eyed. Zeckler leaned over, his face ashen. "These charges," he to scratch his ear. Then he replaced it, and replied, "Of course," in an injured tone. "Then tell this court what you have seen of the activities of Zeckler's face, another on the prosecutor, and closing the third Zeckler—"stopped me in my tracks with a vicious cry. He had "Objection!" Zeckler squealed plaintively, jumping to his The witness glowered at Zeckler. "As I was saying before for Terrans. Note the shape of his head, the flabbiness of his ears. I was petrified with fear. And then, helpless as I was, this two-legged abomination began to shower me with threats of evil to my blessed home, dark threats of poisoning my land "I never saw him before in my life," Zeckler moaned to "Of course it isn't! Can't you understand? These people have no regard for truth. low intelligence. The only thing in the world they have any respect for is a liar bigger and more skillful than they are." Zeckler jerked around abruptly as he heard his name bellowed "Do I have—" Zeckler was across the room in a flash, his "Your lives, your land, everything you hold dear," Zeckler There was a loud hiss from the back of the court. Zeckler guffawed, until the rising tide of racket drowned out Zeckler's Zeckler grew paler. "But—perhaps they were very clever—" dare to insult her, drag her name in the dirt." him!" and "Scald his bowels!" rose from the courtroom. The judge banged for silence, his eyes angry. "Unless the defendant wishes to take up more of our precious Somehow, Zeckler managed to stumble from the witness Zeckler puffed hungrily on a cigarette, and looked up at Zeckler sat in silence for a moment. "This lying business,"

<question>:
What crime has Zeckler committed to warrant imprisonment?

<options>:
A embezzlement
B fraud
C encroachment
D indecent exposure

<answer>:

B