How to make a Quick Quiz:

Example exam:

Here are some examples to help you make your own exams. You can save them as a text file(*.txt) and load the file into the application.

* You should leave a blank space between each question.
* The questions will be randomized automatically.
* Answers will always be randomized.
* A star marks the correct answer[s].
* Some question formats require each answer to be on a new line.

Basic question with drop-down

Example 1
Select the adverb in the following sentence:
The green anacondas were slithering so slowly.
*() slowly
  () anacondas
  () slithering
  () were



Select the adverb in the following sentence:
The green anacondas were slithering so slowly.
Select One
were
anacondas
slowly
slithering




Inserting the drop-down into the question:

Example 2
Dennis is waiting __________ for his friends to come to his house.
*() patiently
  () loudly
  () neatly
  () bravely



Dennis is waiting
__________
loudly
patiently
bravely
neatly
for his friends to come to his house.



Check boxes for multiple correct answers:

Example 3
A verb can be...
*[] a state *[] an action [] a banana [] a noun

A verb can be...








Multiple embedded drop-downs:

Example 4
The (i) _______ ran home from school as (ii) _________ as they could.
Blank (i) *() children () monkeys () cars () rabbits
Blank (ii) *() quickly () fat () run () angry

The
__________
monkeys
rabbits
cars
children
ran home from school as
__________
fat
quickly
run
angry
as they could.



Select the word in a text

This question format allows the creation of texts where words can be selected:
Example 5
Please select all past tense verbs the following sentence:
<> Today, Monica and her friends <went> to the park and <played> basketball.

Please select all past tense verbs in the following sentence:

Today, Monica and her friends went to the park and played basketball.



Creating a content box

Content #1:
Example 6A
Ref-1
Billy had 16 camels; twice as many as many as Timmy could fit into his mouth before choking. Billy got his caramels from Jenny, who shared 1/3 of her bag with him.
The application will recognize that this is not a question, but reading material that other questions need to refer to. It's handle is 'Ref-1'.

Questions that reference content #1:
Example 6B
Ref-1
How many candies did Jenny originally have?
*() 48
  ()16
  () 12

Ref-1
How many caramels could Timmy fit into his mouth safely?
*() 8
  ()10
  () 4

Simply putting 'Ref-1' before a question will give the user access to the source material regardless of where the question might be found in the lesson.




Basic rules

  1. Write your question/instructions.
  2. On a new line or lines, write possible answers.
  3. Separate questions with a blank line.
  4. Save your file with the extension *.txt ( Ex: exam.txt )

* identifies correct answer[s] (for the computer).

() for drop-down style answer.

[] for checkbox style answer.

<> to indicate a text with selectable words and to mark correct word-selection.

__________ to indicate where a drop-down should be inserted into a question.

1 2/5 or 1/4 will be converted to horizontally stacked fractions.



Getting a bit more fancy

If you like, you can use some HTML tags to style your text.

EXAMPLE:
This is <b>some bold text.</b>

RESULT:
This is some bold text.


OTHERS:
<s> Strike </s>
<u> Underlined </u>
<i> Italic </i>
<small> Small </small>
...and more.


A bit more advanced... you can also add mathematical notation with MathML:
<math>
 <mrow>
  <mi>a</mi>
  <mo>+</mo>
  <mi>b</mi>
 </mrow>
</math>