Essay questions tend to be more difficult than multiple choice because with an essay question,
A)there are more cues to stimulate memory.
B)recall is required rather than recognition.
C)there is more proactive inhibition.
D)there is retroactive encoding failure.

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Essay questions require recall of information from memory, rather than just recognizing the correct answer as with multiple choice questions. This can make them more difficult as it may require more effort to retrieve information from memory. Choices A, C, and D are not directly related to the difficulty of essay questions.

Essay Questions Tend to Be More Difficult Than Multiple Choice