Question

This sentence is from the passage.

"They, at least some of them, come to understand that
my main criterion when I teach is excellence and that I
will talk to them about so-called minority writers whom
I admire in the same terms as I will the old standards
they know they are supposed to honor and study."
(Paragraph 2)
What does criterion mean?
1. action
2. example
3. guideline
○ 4. role

Answer 1

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3. guideline