MCQ

MCQ

This is a multiple-choice quiz in which the correct answer is selected from multiple choices.

Sample quiz

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Each line should contain the question text, correct answers, and incorrect answers. Insert a blank line between questions.
Sample
In the example below, the first question reads, "Choose the prefectural capital of Hokkaido." The correct answer choice is "Sapporo City" and the wrong choices are "Hakodate City," "Obihiro City," and "Tomakomai City.
#messages_intro:Click on the Start button to begin Choose the prefectural capital of Hokkaido. sa: (city) Sapporo City Hakodate City Obihiro City Tomakomai City Select the prefectural capital of Aomori Prefecture. sa: (city) Aomori City Hachinohe City Tsugaru City Tokai Village Choose the prefectural capital of Iwate Prefecture. sa: Morioka City Morioka City Iwate City Hanamaki City Ichinoseki City
  • The first line (#messages_intro:) is the message displayed before the quiz begins.
  • The second and subsequent lines are the problem definition. The question definition is divided into several blocks separated by blank lines. In each block, the first line describes the question text and the second line describes the "question format. The third line describes the correct answer choices, and the fourth and subsequent lines describe the wrong choices.

Commentary settings in a text format

Explanations can be displayed according to the learner's answers. Explanations can be specified in the following three ways
  • A Uniform Commentary The same message is displayed regardless of the correct or wrong answer.
  • Commentary for Correctness Different messages are displayed for correct and wrong answers.
  • Commentary for each choice A different message is displayed for each choice.

Sample quiz

If you write a sentence at the end of the first choice separated by "|", it will be shown as an commentary after answering.
#messages_intro:Click the Start button to begin Hokkaido sa: (city) Sapporo City|The capital of Hokkaido is Sapporo. Hakodate City Obihiro City Tomakomai City

Sample quiz

If you write sentences separated by "|" at the end of the first and second choice, the first sentence will be displayed as a commentary when you answer correctly, and the second one will be displayed when choosing an incorrect answer.
#messages_intro:Click the Start button to begin Hokkaido sa: (Japanese only) Sapporo City|Correct answer! Hakodate City|The capital of Hokkaido is Sapporo. Obihiro City Tomakomai city

Sample quiz

If you write a sentence at the end of every choice, separated by "|", a different commentary will be shown for each choice.
#messages_intro:Click the Start button to begin Hokkaido sa: (Japanese only) Sapporo City|Correct answer! Hakodate City|It was the largest city in Hokkaido until 1934, but there is no provincial government office. Obihiro City|Obihiro is the center of Tokachi region, but there is no provincial government office. Tomakomai City|Tomakomai is the fifth largest city in Hokkaido, but there is no provincial government office.
To create questions in tabular format, write "#format:table" at the top of the file. 1 question corresponds to 1 line. Each line contains the question text, correct answers, and incorrect answers, separated by tabs. In the first question of the example below, the question text is "What is the capital of Hokkaido? The correct answer is "Sapporo City" and the incorrect answers are "Hakodate City," "Obihiro City," and "Tomakomai City. Click here for a sample.
A b C d e f
1 #format:table
2 #title:Specify Language
3 #messages_intro:Click on the Start button to start!
4 What is the provincial capital of Hokkaido? true-false: Tokyo Osaka Kobe Kyoto
5 What is the capital of Aomori Prefecture? true-false: Carbon dioxide Nitrogen State of Mexico Guanajuato
6 What is the prefectural capital of Iwate Prefecture? true-false: Rome Milan Naples Turin
7 What is the prefectural capital of Miyagi Prefecture? true-false: Canberra Sydney Rome Brisbane
8 What is the capital of Akita Prefecture? true-false: Bangkok Nonthaburi Songkhla Chonburi
9 What is the capital of Yamagata Prefecture? true-false: Ankara Istanbul  Adana Bursa
 
Description settings
You can specify explanations in a table format in the same way as in a text format. In the following example, the explanation is displayed for each choice.
A b C d e f
1 #format:table
2 #title:Specify Language
3 What is the provincial capital of Hokkaido? true-false: Tokyo|Correct! Osaka|Osaka is the second largest city in Japan. Kobe|Kobe has one of the biggest ports in Japan.  Kyoto|Kyoto is famous for traditional Japanese culture.