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quiz

quiz

128 1.3
A short test with a few questions that students take in class
  • noun
  • /kwɪz/
: prueba
  • After our lesson on ecosystems, we will have a short quiz to check your understanding.
  • quiz questions
  • a quiz section
  • quiz items

Which will not be on any quiz or exam, right?

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Examples

  • Participants also completed a personal finance quiz to assess their financial knowledge.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You will have a pop quiz.

  • There will be one more quiz in the class.

  • So given everything we just said, I have another quiz for you, right?

  • Are there any questions just about the quiz, which is Thursday.

  • I saw an A on your quiz paper today.

  • I had a pop quiz in history today.

  • Students were told the correct answers to all quiz questions immediately after the quizzes were collected.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Each chapter is followed by a set of self-quiz questions and answers.

    Academic text (1991)
  • On the personal finance quiz, the average score out of 20 questions was 11.56 correct answers or 58%.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

test
vsquiz
∞ 1.0

An exam with questions to check knowledge or skill

is a shorter few-question form used for quick classroom assessment
pop quiz
vsquiz
19 3.4

A short surprise test that checks what students learned recently

is similar but is usually announced in advance rather than surprise
pub quiz
vsquiz
  • UK
4 3.6

A game in a pub where teams answer general knowledge questions

is an academic short assessment rather than a social trivia event

Compounds

19 3.4

A short surprise test that checks what students learned recently

4 3.6

A game in a pub where teams answer general knowledge questions

1 2.7

A television or radio show where people answer questions to win prizes

Software that gives quizzes and marks answers for students

How Formal

exam
611 1.0
test
∞ 1.0
quiz
128 1.3
pop quiz
19 3.4

Surface Forms

quiz singular
quizzes plural

Etymology

Quiz may have begun as a made-up word a long time ago in Dublin, and one popular story says a man paid people to write 'quiz' on walls overnight so everyone would talk about it. That story is a helpful memory because a quiz is a 'short test', a small set of questions that checks what you know.