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essay question
noun[ C ]
education specializeduk /ˈes.eɪ ˌkwes.tʃən/ us /ˈes.eɪ ˌkwes.tʃən/
a question in an examination whose answer is in the form of an essay(= a short piece of writing on a particular subject):
The exam will include multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay questions.
Some of the essay questions are open to different interpretations.
Compare
multiple-choice
Essay questions are important for testing real understanding of subjects like history.
The essay questions obviously take longer for teachers to mark than multiple-choice questions.
Is it possible for computers to be used to mark essay questions?
The test consisted of two essay questions that we had to answer in two hours.
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