[OS X TeX] Multiple choice tests

[George Ghio]

The last time I needed to write an exam I used the "Exam Class" I found 
at <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/brief.html>

For what it's worth it worked a treat and was easy to use for me who 
is, to be honest, all thumbs on a keyboard.

George
On 28/12/2005, at 4:56 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> I would like to create a twenty-five questions multiple-choice exam 
> with a bank of, say, 5 variations for each question.
>
> I googled the web for a couple of hours and didn't really see anything 
> that wouldn't require a major investment of time and energy because 
> they do a lot more than what I have in mind which is something of the 
> order of one folder for each question in which I would have the 5 
> variants in the form of pdf files. Then a macro would randomely 
> include one file from each folder in a master source so that I could 
> reuse the exam. It would be nice if the order of the included 
> questions in the source could also be randomized.
>
> My questions:
>
>    Does this seem feasible?
>    If so, where could I learn just enough Applescript to write the 
> script?
>
>    Has anyone had any experience with, or at least seen, something like
>    that?
>    If so, where could I find it?
>
> New Year regards,
> --schremmer
>
>
>
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