A teacher divided learners into groups, and asked them to do a quiz about ‘elephants’ before reading a story about them. The objective of the teacher is to :

The correct answer is generate interest in a topic.

Explanation:

Conducting a pre-reading quiz about the subject matter (in this case, 'elephants') is a classic pre-reading activity designed to activate learners' prior knowledge, stimulate curiosity, and generate interest in the topic before they read the story.

Let's analyze why the other options are incorrect:

• give peer feedback: Peer feedback happens during or after a task where students evaluate each other's work, not during an introductory quiz before reading.
• write a text review: A text review is written after reading and analyzing a complete text.
• test their memory: The primary goal of a pre-reading activity is engagement and warming up active schema, not formally testing memory on unread material.