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This is a quickstart guide for quizzes. For More detailed guides: Quiz, or Quiz Simple for only the basics.

General Information

The entire quiz should be enclosed with the <quiz> tag. Either use the code below, (remove the space between </ and quiz) or click on the blank notepad icon in the editor.

<quiz display=simple>
questions here...
</ quiz>

Essentially if there is only one correct answer then use

{Question |type="()"}

while if there is more than one correct answer then use

{Question |type="[]"}

You can insert feedback for each option:

|| Feedback for correct or for distractor

Type A: Multiple choice / single response

Either click on the notepad icon with one tick and one cross , or use the code below

{Question
|type="()"}
+ The correct answer.
- Distractor.
- Distractor.
- Distractor.

Type B: True/false questions

Either click on the notepad icon with two ticks , or use the code below

{Question.
|type="()"}
+ TRUE.
- FALSE.

{Are the both true but not causally related etc etc} 

{Question
|type="()"}
+ The correct answer.
- Distractor.
- Distractor.
- Distractor.

Type X: Multiple choice / multiple response

Either click on the notepad icon with two ticks and add a few more incorrect options, or use the code below

{Question
|type="[]"}
+ Correct answer.
- Incorrect answer.
+ Correct answer.
- Incorrect answer.

Giving Feedback

{Question
|type="()"}
+ The correct answer.
|| Feedback
- Distractor.
|| Feedback
- Distractor.
|| Feedback
- Distractor.
|| Feedback