If an instructor asks for an "essay" but has a few numbered questions for you to write about, do you number them on the paper or do you write one essay and tie it all together somehow?
>>8372810
I just acknowledge the question at the start of the paragraph.
Is it better to...? As to...
As a rule of thumb I'd say to always just do what the instructor wants. But if I had to guess I'd say that history/English/psych teachers prefer essays, and business/science/engineering prefer numbered answers.
I'd honestly just hit up a random person from your class via email who you don't suspect would bite your head off and ask what they're doing.
Are you sure your not supposed to pick one of the options to write your essay on?
>>8372810
Can't you ask the instructor?
>>8372810
The numbered questions are simply guidelines to lead your essay so that its not totally unrelated to the topic.