Question

I am trying to make a multiple choice question in LaTeX. I am a little confused as to whether

\begin{question}{MultipleChoice}

is something that LaTeX can handle by default or do I need extra packages, descriptions, ect...(I am super new to LaTex).

That being said, if I run the following code I do not get a multiple choice question, but rather an error that says 'lonely \item - perhaps missing a list environment.

Thanks in advance for your time and patience!

  %%%% ENVIRONMENT FOR LIST FOR QUESTIONS LIST %%%%
    \newenvironment{questions}{ %   %%%% Begin preliminary environment code
        \begin{list}{ %     %%%% Begin list item label code
            \bfseries\upshape\arabic{qcounter}:
        }{ %    %%%% Begin list item body code
            \usecounter{qcounter}
            \setlength{\labelwidth}{1in}
            \setlength{\leftmargin}{0.25in}
            \setlength{\labelsep}{0.5ex}
            \setlength{\itemsep}{2em}
        } %%%%% End list item body code
    }{        %%%%% Begin wrapup environment code
        \end{list}
    } %%%%% End wrapup environment code

    %%%% ENVIRONMENT FOR A SINGLE QUESTION %%%%
    \newenvironment{question}{\item{}}{}



    \begin{question}{MultipleChoice}
    \qutext{$3\log x-2\log y=$}
    \choice*{$\log\left(\displaystyle\frac{x^3}{y^2}\right)$}
    \choice{$\log(x^3y^2)$}
    \choice{$\log(3x-2y)$}
    \choice{$\log(x^3-y^2)$}
    \end{question}
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Solution

Here is a smiple example using the exam class:

\documentclass{exam}
\begin{document}
\begin{questions}
  \question [3] What is the right choice of the following choices?
    \begin{choices}
      \choice first choice
      \choice second choice
    \end{choices}
  \end{questions}
\end{document}

This will produce something like this: enter image description here

For more details see section: 5 in the exam class guide.

OTHER TIPS

Better use the exam class

Exam class can be used alongside some changes.

Here is the doc for Exam class.

And customize it using this.

Remember: This is a class not a package. Read the doc carefully before you go to type anything.

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