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This lesson teaches you how to select the right answer in a multiple-choice question by better understanding how to identify wrong answers, based on nine specific types of wrong answers.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the lesson, the student will be able to:
1. Identify the correct answer in a multiple-choice question.
2. Explain why wrong answer choices are incorrect.

Lesson Completion Time
30 minutes

Author(s)

  • Nicole Robin Lefton

    Nicole Lefton is an Assistant Professor at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, where she is the Director of Academic Support and Bar Exam Preparation. Before joining Hofstra Law, Ms. Lefton was the Senior Director of Academics at Kaplan Bar Review. In addition, she taught Legal Writing and Lawyering Skills at Cardozo School of Law. Ms. Lefton graduated from Vassar College and received her J.D. from Cornell Law School. After graduating from Cornell, she joined the law firm of Rosenman & Colin as a real estate associate. She then joined Brownstone Publishers, a national legal newsletter publisher, where she began as an editor and eventually became editor-in-chief. Ms. Lefton is admitted to the New York State Bar.

    Director of Academic Support and Bar Exam Preparation
    Hofstra University School of Law
Lesson ID
LSS11
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