A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners between 8:15 and 9:30 o'clock last night when a broadcast of a dramatization of H. G. Wells's fantasy, "The War of the Worlds," led thousands to believe that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and New York.

New York Times, "Radio Listeners in Panic," October 31, 1938

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A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio listeners between 8:15 and 9:30 o'clock last night when a broadcast of a dramatization of H. G. Wells's fantasy, "The War of the Worlds," led thousands to believe that an interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and New York.

New York Times, "Radio Listeners in Panic," October 31, 1938

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How does the article "Radio Listeners in Panic" provide readers with background knowledge?
 		A.	By giving readers a copy of H. G. Wells's classic novel
 		B.	By telling the article's readers that they should have listened to the show
 		C.	By referring to another article about the panic
 		D.	By including all the information in the first sentence