His reign was noted for PEACE.

Analyze the question

This is an emphatic stress question. The capitalised word in the statement (PEACE) carries the emphasis. That word is the new or contrasting information, which answers the question being asked. So we need the question to which "His reign was noted for PEACE" is the natural answer.

Concept

Emphatic stress falls on the word that answers the question. For example:

• "Who broke the cup?" → "JOHN broke the cup."
• "What did John break?" → "John broke the CUP."

So the stressed word in the statement replaces the question's missing or corrected information.

Solution

Statement: His reign was noted for PEACE. The stress on PEACE means that peace, and not something else, is what the reign was noted for. The matching question must therefore be about what the reign was noted for, and it should mention the other words (his reign, noted for) as already known.

• A. Was his reign noted for wealth? The question keeps "his reign was noted for" and asks about the thing it was noted for (wealth). The statement corrects it: no, it was noted for PEACE. This fits perfectly.
• B. Whose house is noted for peace? This changes "reign" to "house", and peace is already given, so it doesn't fit.
• C. Was his reign examined for peace? The new point here would be "noted" vs "examined", so the stress would fall on NOTED. It doesn't fit.
• D. Whose reign is noted for peace? The stress would fall on HIS, because it asks about whose reign. It doesn't fit.

Answer: A

Tip

Find the word that is stressed, then choose the question where that exact position is the one being asked about or corrected, while every other word is repeated unchanged. If the question already contains the stressed word (as in B, C and D with "peace"), the stress belongs somewhere else.