Then you’re not really guessing at the truth of the statement. Instead you’re guessing at the state of mind of the examiner, which involves a very different set of heuristics and biases.
Keep doing that and you may end up thinking, “maybe the correct answer is that he didn’t defeat him because it was a Pyrrhic victory? Maybe Bosworth is spelled wrong? Maybe there’s a dispute over the right year due to difficulties inherent in dating medieval events?”
Then you’re not really guessing at the truth of the statement. Instead you’re guessing at the state of mind of the examiner, which involves a very different set of heuristics and biases.
Keep doing that and you may end up thinking, “maybe the correct answer is that he didn’t defeat him because it was a Pyrrhic victory? Maybe Bosworth is spelled wrong? Maybe there’s a dispute over the right year due to difficulties inherent in dating medieval events?”