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+<h1>Multiple Choice questions</h1>
+
+<p>In response to a question (that may include a image) the respondent 
+   chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice 
+   questions - single answer and multiple answer.</p>
+
+<p>Single-answer questions allow one and only one answer to be chosen.
+   Generally all the grades for such a question should be positive.</p>
+
+<p>Multiple-answer questions allow one or more answers to be chosen - each answer 
+   may carry a positive or negative grade, so that choosing ALL the options 
+   will not necessarily result in good grade.  If the total grade is negative 
+   then the total grade for this question will be zero.  Careful, it is 
+   possible to create questions that have scores greater than 100%.</p>
+
+<p>Finally, each answer (right or wrong) should include feedback - this feedback
+   will be shown to the respondent next to each of their answers (if the quiz 
+   itself is configured to show feedback).
+</p>