Multiple choice questions imply that other choices are excluded (unless an answer such as "all of the above" is a choice. So the implied question is: a) Linda

Multiple choice questions imply that other choices are excluded (unless an answer such as "all of the above" is a choice. So the implied question is: a) Linda is a bank teller (and NOT active in the feminist movement) b) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement What you want it to be asking here is: a) Linda is a bank teller, and may or may not be active in the feminist movement b) Linda is a bank teller, and is active in the feminist movement Most college students have taken quite a few multiple-choice tests (particularly in the US, high-schools train for standardized multiple-choice tests). The question isn't asking what the mathematicians seem to think it's asking, because it's format conveys extra restrictions.