Should we answer all the questions thatwe are asked?

"That" is technically correct but unnecessary.

I don’t think we should, but sometimes we are forced to answer poor questions.

"Poor" doesn't tell me anything about the question. What is poor about it? Is it fallacious? Too personal? Irrelevant?

When I was in high school, our class had an activity in which we had to write our thoughts about the given question, “Which is more important, work or love?,” as it related topic to a novel which we were reading.

Might also consider dropping the quote and saying "...we had to write about whether we thought work or love were more important..."

I had to choose one of these, but I answered too sincerely: I chose neither.

Best to incorporate the next sentence via colon.

This is because I didn’t want to make such difficult decisions in my life, and in the novel, you could see such difficult choices coming up way before the protagonist actually had to make a decision.

Alternatively: "...and, in the novel, ..."

My philosophy ofin life is that, when making a decision between A and B is difficult, there is always option C which is difficult to achieve, but covers the merits of A and B. That’s why I chose neither and wrote that I would do anything possible to avoid such a hard decision.

What does "covers the merits" mean? I would rephrase.

Of course, I got the lowest score for that, because the point of the task was to answer what our teacher expected us to.

Can't help but ask, but did you explain how you might reconcile love and work in order to maintain balance? It's one thing to just say "I wouldn't choose," and another to say "When confronted with this situation I would take steps X Y and Z in an attempt to balance these two aspects of my life; if they didn't work out..."

I knew that but I couldn’t answer in the way that he wanted me to.

It was really difficult for me to lie and write something I disagreed with.

For example, the question “Why does every organism try to sustain its lineage?” is defective, because actually there is no purpose.

Organisms which happen to have a tendency to sustain their lifeves have survived.

Can't offer more detailed corrections without understanding what you're trying to say. You might want instead "...have the ability to reproduce...", "Organisms whose progeny tend to survive...". Either way, is there a theory that says that there are organisms that aren't geared towards reproduction? Or are you trying to say that only the organisms that are adept at surviving have made it this far? Because "organisms that survive have survived" is a pretty "water is wet" sentence.

When I was in high school, our class had an activity in which we had to write our thoughts about the given question, “Which is more important, work or love?,” a topic related topic to a novel which we were reading.

This iwas because I didn’t want to make such difficult decisions in my life, and in the novel, youwe could see such difficult choices coming up way before the protagonist actually had to make a decision.

My philosophy ofin life is that when making a decision between A and B is difficult, there is always option C which is difficult to achieve, but covers the merits of both A and B. That’s why I chose neither and wrote that I would do anything possible to avoid such a hard decision.

I knew that, but I couldn’t answer the way he wanted me to.

It was really difficult for me to lie and write about something I disagreed with.

I don’t think all the questions are worth answering.

Some questions are defectiveflawed.

"defective" feels like something is broken. "flawed" or "not well thought out" would be better when describing questions

For example, the question “Why does every organism try to sustain its lineage?” is defective, because actuallyflawed because there is no purposeroper answer.

Organisms which happen to have a tendency to sustain their lifeves have survived.

There are many questions similar to those thatwhich I’ve noted above, which assume wrong premises or have too few options.