About the Quiz Maker
This quiz maker builds a working quiz from plain text — no forms to click through. Write a question on one line, its answer options on the lines below, and put an asterisk (*) in front of the correct answer. Leave a blank line between questions. Options that are just “True” and “False” become a true/false question, and you can mark more than one option correct for “select all that apply”.
Press “Take quiz” to answer the questions yourself or hand the screen to a student: answer options can be shuffled, every question is scored when you submit, and the review shows what was chosen, what was right and the overall percentage against your pass mark. The calculator view gives you a clean answer key and counts of each question type for printing.
It is ideal for teachers making a quick check for understanding, students turning notes into practice tests, and trainers running a knowledge check. Your quiz text is saved only in your browser, so you can come back to it later on the same device.
With the default inputs, the questions is 5. Change any value above to recalculate instantly.
How to use the quiz maker
- 1Type each question on its own line, with its options on the lines below.
- 2Put an asterisk (*) before every correct option.
- 3Leave a blank line between questions; use True and False as options for true/false.
- 4Set the pass mark and check the answer key for typos.
- 5Press “Take quiz”, answer every question and submit to see your score and review.
Formula and method
Each question is worth one point. A single-answer question is correct when the chosen option is the marked one; a “select all that apply” question (more than one * option) is correct only when exactly the marked options are chosen, with no extras — there is no partial credit. The score is the percentage of questions answered correctly.
The number needed to pass rounds the pass mark up to a whole question, so a 70% pass mark on 5 questions needs 4 correct (3.5 rounded up). The suggested time limit is the number of questions multiplied by the seconds you allow per question, and the guessing note adds up 1 ÷ options for each single-answer question.
- *
- Marks a correct option (before or after the option text)
- pass mark
- Minimum percentage needed to pass
- ⌈ ⌉
- Round up to the next whole number
Worked examples
Five-question general knowledge quiz
Three questions have four options and two use True/False, so the quiz has 3 multiple-choice and 2 true/false questions. A 70% pass mark on 5 questions is 3.5, rounded up to 4 correct. At 30 seconds per question the suggested limit is 2.5 minutes.
A question missing its correct answer
The second question has no option marked with *, so it is reported as a problem and left out, leaving one valid question. Half of one question rounds up to 1 correct answer needed to pass.
Select-all-that-apply question
The first question has two starred options, so both 2 and 4 must be chosen to earn the point. The asterisk can also go after an option, as in “True*”. An 80% pass mark on 3 questions is 2.4, rounded up to 3. Three questions at a minute each give a 3-minute limit.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make a quiz online for free?+
Type your questions into the box: question on the first line, options below, an asterisk before the right answer and a blank line between questions. Press “Take quiz” to try it. There is no sign-up and nothing is uploaded.
How do I make a true/false question?+
Write the statement, then two option lines, “True” and “False”, with an asterisk on the correct one. The quiz maker recognises the pair and shows it as a true/false question.
Can a question have more than one correct answer?+
Yes. Star every correct option and the question becomes “select all that apply”, shown with checkboxes. It only counts as correct when exactly the starred options are selected.
How many options should a multiple-choice question have?+
Three or four plausible options is the usual recommendation. Research on test design suggests three well-written options work about as well as four or five, and implausible “filler” options add reading time without improving the question.
Is my quiz saved?+
The quiz text is stored in your browser’s local storage on this device, so it is still there when you return. To share it, copy the text — anyone can paste it into the quiz maker to take the same quiz.