Poem inference

XAT 2022 · VALR · Medium · Poem Comprehension

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Read the poem carefully, and answer the following question.

I smiled at you because I thought that you Were someone else; you smiled back; and there grew Between two strangers in a library Something that seems like love; but you loved me (If that's the word) because you thought that I Was other than I was. And by and by We found we'd been mistaken all the while From that first glance, that first mistaken smile

Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the poem?

  1. A.

    The idea of love is different for the parties involved.

  2. B.

    Love may start with small acts like glancing and smiling.

  3. C.

    We make mistakes in love.

  4. D.

    We don't fall in love with others but with ourselves.

  5. E.

    We fall in love with strangers.

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