WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT'S DOWN TO TWO POSSIBLE ANSWERS

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What about when it's down to two possible answers?

Ask how the two answers differ (just the answers, ignore the question), maybe jot down how the two

answers differ. Then look at the question again and ask yourself "how is this difference important for

this question?" If you really think there's absolutely no difference between the two answers (e.g. just

two words that mean the same thing), then look again at the answers you've eliminated - maybe one of

them is actually the correct one.

Read the question over separately with each separate answer. Cover up all the other answers as you

read the question over separately with each specific answer. This reduces the distracting effects of the

wrong answers and can make it easier for you to see intuitively which answer makes better sense.

**Other possible tricks:

(Caution: a clever instructor will use these generalizations to actually trick the students into thinking

they are being clever, when they are actually falling into a trap)