multiple-choice
Americanadjective
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consisting of several possible answers from which the correct one must be selected.
a multiple-choice question.
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made up of multiple-choice questions.
a multiple-choice exam.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of multiple-choice
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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In one example, they replaced the original multiple-choice prompts, which described specific psychological tasks, with the instruction "Please choose option A."
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
“All of these are now instead evaluated, if at all, mainly by open-book, multiple-choice written exams and without any graded practical examinations,” the memo states.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Sometimes the question will require a typed-in or multiple-choice response rather than a video answer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
In the first part of the test, candidates have about an hour to answer 50 multiple-choice questions on the rules of the road.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
His assignment: to visit Chicago’s poorest black neighborhoods with a clipboard and a seventy-question, multiple-choice survey.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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