I am working on a document with class article and I want to have multiple choice questions in it. Is this hard enough to do that I should change it to exam class? If not, how do I accomplish this?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
[Tex/LaTex] Creating Multiple Choice Questions Without using ‘Exam’ Class
articleexam
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Here's one option:
\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.65\linewidth}
Consider the network graph shown in the figure, which of the following is NOT a \textit{tree} of this graph?
\begin{choices}
\begin{multicols}{2}
\choice
\adjustbox{valign=t}{\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{example-image-a}}
\choice
\adjustbox{valign=t}{\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{example-image-b}}
\end{multicols}\par
\begin{multicols}{2}
\choice
\adjustbox{valign=t}{\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{example-image-c}}
\CorrectChoice
\adjustbox{valign=t}{\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{example-image-a}}
\end{multicols}
\end{choices}
\end{minipage}\hfill%
\begin{adjustbox}{minipage={0.30\linewidth},valign=t}
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{example-image-a}
\end{adjustbox}
\end{questions}
\end{document}
I used the adjustbox package to get the desired top alignment. For the numbering schema I used two multicols environments instead of just one.
I also changed the scale option for \includegraphics to widthand changed some spaces to prevent overfull\hbox`es.
Well, you cannot count the marks per section directly, only per page. So I used a counter and add the question points to that counter. Three things: you cannot use half points, you have to update the counter after each question and you have to reset the counter before typesetting the next section.
\documentclass[a4paper,addpoints]{exam}
\renewcommand{\thepartno}{\alph{partno}}
\renewcommand{\partlabel}{(\thepartno)}
\marksnotpoints
\pointsinrightmargin
\newcounter{sectionpoints}\setcounter{sectionpoints}{0}
%% This will remove the points being typeset after the question number and part letter.
%% Use \droppointsatend to typeset points at the end of the current line.
%% If \droppointsatend is called at the question level, the points will
%% be prepended with a \dotfill, otherwise the points will be prepended
%% with a \hfill.
\makeatletter
\@qformatfalse
\def\droppointsatend{%
\def\level@of@question{question}%
\leavevmode\unskip\nobreak%
\ifx\level@of@question\@queslevel%
\dotfill(\mbox{\totalpoints\ \points})%
\else%
\hfill\mbox{[\@points]}%
\fi%
\par
%% Make sure we drop the points at the right
\pointsdroppedatright
}
%% Get the total points from the current question as an integer
\def\valuepointsofquestion{\@ifundefined{pointsofq@\romannumeral \arabic{question}}%
{0}%
{\csname pointsofq@\romannumeral \arabic{question}\endcsname}%
}%
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\uplevel{\textbf{Section I}}
\question Some text \droppointsatend
This question is worth \totalpoints\ \points
\begin{parts}
\part[5] Some text \droppointsatend
\part[5] Some text \droppoints % \droppointsatend
\part[5] Some text \droppoints % \droppointsatend
\part[5] Some text \droppoints % \droppointsatend
\end{parts}
\addtocounter{sectionpoints}{\valuepointsofquestion}
\question[10] Compute $\displaystyle \int_0^1 \!x^2\,\mathrm{d}x $ \droppointsatend
This question is worth \totalpoints\ \points
\addtocounter{sectionpoints}{\valuepointsofquestion}
\uplevel{The total \points\ for this section is \thesectionpoints.}
\uplevel{\textbf{Section II}}
\setcounter{sectionpoints}{0}
\question[15] Compute $\displaystyle \int_0^\infty\!\mathrm{e}^{-x^2}\,\mathrm{d}x$ \droppointsatend
\addtocounter{sectionpoints}{\valuepointsofquestion}
\question Some text \droppointsatend
\addtocounter{sectionpoints}{\valuepointsofquestion}
\begin{parts}
\part[5] Some text \droppoints % \droppointsatend
\part[5] Some text \droppoints % \droppointsatend
\part[5] Some text \droppoints % \droppointsatend
\part[5] Some text \droppoints % \droppointsatend
\end{parts}
\uplevel{The total \points\ for this section is \thesectionpoints.}
\end{questions}
\bigskip
\noindent Total to earn: \numpoints\ \points
\end{document}
Best Answer
If all you want is to occasionally be able to ask multiple choice questions, then the exam class may be overkill. Here's a complete LaTeX file that defines both a
choicesenvironment and aoneparchoicesenvironment, which you can use to list the choices. (I'm assuming here you'd use anenumerateenvironment to list the questions.)If you'd like a smaller indent for the
choicesenvironment, you can decrease the\leftmargin.