Information and IdeasHardMain idea: a postman who wins anonymously
Information and Ideas practice question
The town's annual poetry prize has been won three times by the same postman. He has never entered under his own name, and the judges, who change each year, have never known who he was until the envelope was opened. The prize's founder says this is exactly what she hoped for.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. The prize's anonymity has let a postman win on merit three times, as its founder intended.Correct
- B. The postman writes better than the judges.
- C. The judges change every year.
- D. The founder dislikes the postman.
Answer: A. The prize's anonymity has let a postman win on merit three times, as its founder intended.
Anonymous entries, a threefold winner, a satisfied founder.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The postman writes better than the judges.
- Not stated.
- C. The judges change every year.
- A detail.
- D. The founder dislikes the postman.
- The opposite.
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