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Multiple choice

You choose the answer from among several options. When you need to tell a topic apart from several possible answers, this is a faster alternative to writing the answer out.

Fields​

  • Question: the question text shown on the front of the card.
  • Correct options: one or more correct answers.
  • Wrong options: one or more distractors (wrong answers).
  • Extra info (backExtra): optional additional explanation that appears after the answer is shown.

The fact that the correct-options list can hold more than one item means a single question can have more than one correct answer (for example, questions phrased like "which of the following are true").

Example​

  • Question: Which of the following is a prime number?
  • Correct options: 7
  • Wrong options: 6, 8, 9

While studying, the options are shown in shuffled order, and you mark the correct one(s).

Tips​

  • Keep your distractors (wrong options) realistic: options that closely resemble the correct answer but are wrong make for a better test than options that are completely irrelevant.
  • If there's more than one correct option, make that clear (using a plural phrasing like "which of the following" in the question text keeps it from being confused with a question that expects a single answer).
  • The study screen already shows the options as separate, selectable cards: you don't need to repeat the options, or an instruction like "select one of the options," inside the question text itself. Just ask the actual question.

Good and bad examples​

✅ Good (realistic, close distractors):

Question: Which of the following is a prime number?
Correct: 17
Wrong: 15, 21, 27

The distractors are close in size to the correct answer; you actually have to think about which one is prime.

❌ Bad (irrelevant, too-easy distractors):

Question: Which of the following is a prime number?
Correct: 17
Wrong: apple, blue, Istanbul

The distractors are so irrelevant that the question doesn't really test anything; you could find the answer by elimination even without knowing which number is prime.

❌ Bad (repeating the options and instruction in the question text):

Question: Which of the following is a prime number? Options: 15, 17, 21,
27. Mark the correct one.
Correct: 17
Wrong: 15, 21, 27

The study screen already shows the options as separate, selectable cards. Repeating the options and a "mark it" instruction in the question text is redundant; just write the actual question and let the options stay in their own fields (as in the first example).