exam
Good day. Im new to latex and I want ti create a simple multiple choice test as shown below:
What is the sum of the sides of a polygon called?
A. Leg B. Perimeter C. Area D. Volume
Wat is the product of -2 and 3?
A. -6 B. 6 C. 5 D. -5
*I want the A, B, C, D to be be aligned with the choices in the other numbers.
Here's a variation on my earlier answer. In this version, the choices aren't part of any environment; you just start listing \choices and \correctchoices after the question.
Here's a complete LaTeX file that illustrates it.
\documentclass{article}
%--------------------------------------------------------------------
\newcounter{question}
\newif\ifinchoices
\inchoicesfalse
\newenvironment{questions}{%
\list{\thequestion.}%
{%
\usecounter{question}%
\def\question{\inchoicesfalse\item}%
\settowidth{\leftmargin}{10.\hskip\labelsep}%
\labelwidth\leftmargin\advance\labelwidth-\labelsep
}%
}
{%
\endlist
}%
\newcounter{choice}
\renewcommand\thechoice{\Alph{choice}}
\newcommand\choicelabel{\thechoice.}
\def\choice{%
\ifinchoices
% Do nothing
\else
\startchoices
\fi
\refstepcounter{choice}%
\ifnum\value{choice}>1\relax
\penalty -50\hskip 1em plus 1em\relax
\fi
\choicelabel
\nobreak\enskip
}% choice
\def\CorrectChoice{%
\choice
\addanswer{\thequestion}{\thechoice}%
}
\let\correctchoice\CorrectChoice
\newcommand{\startchoices}{%
\inchoicestrue
\setcounter{choice}{0}%
% \par % Uncomment this to have choices always start a new line
% If we're continuing the paragraph containing the question,
% then leave a bit of space before the first choice:
\ifvmode\else\enskip\fi
}%
\newbox\allanswers
\setbox\allanswers=\hbox{}
\newcommand{\addanswer}[2]{%
\global\setbox\allanswers=\hbox{\unhbox\allanswers #1.~#2\quad}%
}
\newcommand{\showanswers}{%
\vfill
\begin{center}
Answers
\end{center}
\noindent\unhbox\allanswers
}
%--------------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
\question What was the color of George Washington's white horse?
\choice Blue
\choice Yellow
\correctchoice White
\choice Black
\question Which of these things doesn't fit in?
\choice John
\choice Paul
\choice George
\choice Ringo
\correctchoice Socrates
\question Who's buried in Grant's tomb?
\choice Washington
\choice Mickey Mouse
\correctchoice Grant
\end{questions}
\showanswers
\newpage
\begin{questions}
\question $1+1= \mathord{?}$
\choice $0$ \choice $1$ \correctchoice $2$ \choice $3$ \choice $4$
\question $\sin \frac{\pi}{2} = \mathord{?}$
\choice $0$ \correctchoice $1$ \choice $2$ \choice $\frac{\pi}{2}$
\question What was the color of the bus driver's eyes?
\choice Green \choice Yellow \correctchoice Blue \choice Red
\end{questions}
\showanswers
\end{document}
1) I used xpatch to fix the amount of space after each choice.
2) I renewed the \questionlabel command for the first question. \phantom{} reserves the space of the question number but it is not printed. I reset it it back to the class default before the section question.
\documentclass[addpoints]{exam}
\usepackage{xpatch}
% Need both to patch both instances (choice, correctchoice) in the oneparchoices environment.
% Unless there is a global replacement that works within an environment. I don't know.
% Replaces \hskip 1em with \hfill
\xpatchcmd{\oneparchoices}{\penalty -50\hskip 1em plus 1em\relax}{\hfill}{}{}
\xpatchcmd{\oneparchoices}{\penalty -50\hskip 1em plus 1em\relax}{\hfill}{}{}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\gradetable
\end{center}
\begin{questions}
\renewcommand\questionlabel{\phantom{\thequestion.}}
\titledquestion{\textbf{Multiple Choice}}[10]
What is the Capital of the United States in 1799?
\begin{oneparchoices}
\choice NY
\CorrectChoice Washington D.C.
\choice Chicago
\choice LA
\end{oneparchoices}
\renewcommand\questionlabel{\thequestion.}
%\setcounter{question}{0} %Uncomment if you want the first numbered question to start at 1.
\question[10]
What is the Capital of the United Kinddom in 1999?
\begin{oneparchoices}
\choice London
\CorrectChoice Washington D.C.
\choice Chicago
\choice Los Angeles
\end{oneparchoices}
\end{questions}
\end{document}
Best Answer
You can use, for example, the package
tasks.MWE:
Output: