Multiple choice, two or more answers

Pick TWO of five statements the writer actually makes.

You answer with: Two letters (or three from a longer list), in any order
Typical group: Counts as 2 or 3 questions
Answer order: Follows the passage

The instructions, word for word as the test writes them

Which TWO of the following does the writer mention?

Choose TWO letters, A–E.

What this task is

Five plausible statements. Two are actually made in the passage, and each earns its own mark. Order does not matter.

Every option is on-topic by design. The three wrong ones tend to be things a reasonable person would assume, said nowhere in the text. Or real details bent slightly out of shape.

The traps

These are built in on purpose. Know them by name and half the danger is gone.

True in the world, absent from the text

The most reliable distractor here is a statement that is true in real life and never made in the passage. The question asks what the writer mentions, not what is true.

Selecting too many scores zero

Three letters where two were asked is zero for the group, even if two were right. Exactly as in the real test.

What to do next time

Treat each option as a claim to verify against a specific sentence. If you cannot point at the sentence, do not pick it.
The two answers rarely sit in one paragraph. Expect to range across the region the group covers.
Count your selections before you move on.

Now meet it under a clock. Start a free mock. Every multiple choice, two or more answers question you get wrong comes back with the sentence that proves the answer, and the reason the trap was tempting.