multiple-choice

[muhl-tuh-puh l-chois]

adjective

consisting of several possible answers from which the correct one must be selected: a multiple-choice question.
made up of multiple-choice questions: a multiple-choice exam.

Origin of multiple-choice

First recorded in 1925–30

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Examples from the Web for multiple-choice

Contemporary Examples of multiple-choice

In this version, multiple-choice tests matter less than market tests.
We Need More Class Traitors: Solving America’s Meritocracy Problem
Jedediah Purdy
April 20, 2014
Character cannot be judged like a perfect score on a multiple-choice test.
Appoint Real People, Not Saints
Philip K. Howard
March 25, 2009

Historical Examples of multiple-choice

Literacy norms this relation, shaping it into a multiple-choice quiz.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
You may also be asked to take some written psychological tests, most being of the multiple-choice variety.
When You Don't Know Where to Turn
Steven J. Bartlett
Practical experiences of self-constitution are not multiple-choice examinations.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for multiple-choice

multiple-choice

adjective

having a number of possible given answers out of which the correct one must be chosen

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