# Comparative Literature 2 — MCQ Merge Report

## Outcome

- Input question records: **5668**
- Final unique content questions: **2793**
- Repeated questions removed: **797**
- Administrative / non-content questions removed: **41**
- Weak page-reference, transition-word, or unusable extracted questions removed: **2026**
- Additional distinct questions removed by user request: **3** (9 source occurrences)
- Invalid question records removed: **2**

## Final counts by lecture

| Lecture | Final questions |
|---|---:|
| Lecture 1 | 285 |
| Lectures 2 and 3 | 323 |
| Lecture 4 | 198 |
| Lecture 5 | 396 |
| Lecture 6 | 260 |
| Lecture 7 | 259 |
| Lecture 8 | 269 |
| Lecture 9 | 370 |
| Lecture 10 (Final) | 433 |

## Dedicated “Who Said It?” collection

- Unique spoken phrases: **840**
- Additional phrases verified directly from the original Markdown notes: **144**
- File: **Comparative_Literature_2_All_Who_Said_MCQs.html**
- Direct quotation-attribution questions were collected, checked against the source notes, standardized, and deduplicated by phrase and correct speaker.

| Lecture | Quotations | Markdown additions |
|---|---:|---:|
| Lecture 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lectures 2 and 3 | 29 | 3 |
| Lecture 4 | 82 | 38 |
| Lecture 5 | 116 | 31 |
| Lecture 6 | 101 | 15 |
| Lecture 7 | 103 | 8 |
| Lecture 8 | 149 | 11 |
| Lecture 9 | 235 | 13 |
| Lecture 10 (Final) | 25 | 25 |

## Source files

| Collection | File | Records |
|---|---|---:|
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_10_FINAL_MCQs.html | 458 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs (1).html | 138 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs.html | 163 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_2-3_MCQs.html | 110 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_4_MCQs.html | 306 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_5_MCQs (1).html | 96 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_5_MCQs.html | 388 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_6_MCQs.html | 364 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_7_MCQs.html | 328 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_8_MCQs.html | 419 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_9_MCQs.html | 637 |
| MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lectures_2_and_3_MCQs.html | 220 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs (1).html | 138 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs.html | 138 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_2-3_MCQs.html | 110 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_4_MCQs.html | 83 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_5_MCQs (1).html | 96 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_5_MCQs.html | 290 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_6_MCQs.html | 382 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_7_MCQs.html | 333 |
| Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_1_MCQs | Comparative_Literature_2_Lecture_8_MCQs.html | 471 |

## Removed non-content questions

- All of the following accurately reflect Page 1 EXCEPT:
- All of the following accurately reflect Page 3 EXCEPT:
- How many pages are in this specific lecture note set?
- What does the lecture state about Attending lectures?
- What does the lecture state about Everything written in bold?
- What does the lecture state about In this lecture, the lecturer? _(2 occurrences)_
- What does the lecture state about My notes and comments?
- What is the primary subject of this lecture?
- What numerical detail belongs in this lecture statement: “The Flies Tips Before we kick off our introductory lecture, let me remind you of some tips about studying the course and the style of these lecture-notes: .”?
- What phrase marks the end of the handout? _(8 occurrences)_
- Which course is this lecture for? _(5 occurrences)_
- Which lecture number is this? _(3 occurrences)_
- Which person or character makes this lecture statement accurate: “ the semester we will compare the two works and discuss few ideas about the dramatists’ lives.”?
- Which university is named on the cover? _(3 occurrences)_
- Who belongs in the blank in this lecture-based statement: “ the plays at home before attending the lecture saves a lot of time and helps you to understand the lecturer very well.”?
- Who prepared the lecture notes? _(8 occurrences)_
- With which play does the lecture start? _(2 occurrences)_

## Deduplication rules

- Exact duplicate wording plus the same correct answer was removed across the full collection.
- Close paraphrases with strongly overlapping wording and the same answer were removed within each lecture.
- When duplicates differed in presentation, the clearer, better-formed version with a valid explanation was retained.
- Questions about the course title, lecture number, preparer, university, note-taking/study instructions, page count, lecture agenda, and end-of-handout markers were excluded.
- Questions about literary content were retained even when their stem refers to a lecture page or asks an EXCEPT question.

## Professional reformulation of Lectures 4–10

- Every retained question in Lectures 4–10 was passed through the professional reformulation workflow.
- Broken “lecture statement,” “associated with,” and mechanical completion stems were rebuilt from the verified explanation and correct answer.
- Dialogue questions use a consistent “Who delivers the following line?” format; comparison and EXCEPT questions use direct academic wording.
- Page-navigation questions, transition-word blanks, incomplete fragments, and malformed repeated options were removed.
- Weak distractors were replaced with plausible same-lecture alternatives of the same type when a sufficient answer pool was available.

## Additional user-requested removals

- Which academic year is this lecture aimed at?
- Who teaches Comparative Literature 2?
- How is the exam described?
- Which academic year is this lecture aimed at?
- Who teaches Comparative Literature 2?
- How is the exam described?
- Which academic year is this lecture aimed at?
- Who teaches Comparative Literature 2?
- How is the exam described?