If “a-laysa al-ṣidqu afḍala min al-kadhib?” is used to secure acknowledgment, how is it read?

Supplementary Practice 6: Rhetorical Dialogue, Responding to Objections and Choosing the Right Expression

• A denunciatory question whose main aim is negation
• Confirmatory (taqrīrī) interrogation
• A genuine inquiry because the speaker lacks information
• An exclamation intended only to show surprise