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<question> Question

A question (request for an answer) used in the text or as part of a quiz, exam, etc.

Usage/Remarks

Questions (<question>) may be associated with their answer(s)(<answer>) or explanations (<explanation>). This association is encoded using the Pointer to Question (@pointer-to-question) attribute on the <answer> or the Pointer to Object Described in Explanation attribute on the <explanation>. Pointing from within a question should be part of the text and be tagged with an internal (<xref>) or external (<ext-link>) link as appropriate.
Milestones for Explanations
Some BITS users write a description or explanation of a question and its answer(s) (<explanation>), which may be long and full of sections, figures, and text. Other BITS users use <milestone-start> and <milestone-end> elements to point to a section of the existing narrative of the book that should be reread as an explanation of the answer to the question. Both techniques are valid BITS.
Attributes
content-type
question-response-type
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<abstract>, <ack>, <answer>, <app>, <app-group>, <bio>, <body>, <book-app-group>, <boxed-text>, <disp-quote>, <explanation>, <glossary>, <index>, <index-div>, <index-group>, <license-p>, <named-book-part-body>, <named-content>, <notes>, <option>, <p>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <question-wrap>, <ref-list>, <sec>, <styled-content>, <td>, <th>, <toc>, <toc-div>, <toc-entry>, <toc-group>, <trans-abstract>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  question     %question-model;                             >
Expanded Content Model

((object-id)*, sec-meta?, label?, title?, subtitle*, alt-title*, ((sec)+ | ((address | alternatives | answer | answer-set | array | boxed-text | chem-struct-wrap | code | explanation | fig | fig-group | graphic | media | name-address-wrap | preformat | question | question-wrap | question-wrap-group | supplementary-material | table-wrap | table-wrap-group | disp-formula | disp-formula-group | def-list | list | tex-math | mml:math | p | related-article | related-object | ack | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group | x)+, (sec)*)), (option)*, (notes | fn-group | glossary | ref-list | sig-block)*)

Tagged Samples
Multiple-choice with options and explanation 
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<sec id="sec45">
 ...
 <question-wrap>
  <question id="q1" question-response-type="multiple-choice">
   <label>1</label>
   <p>Where was the first permanent English 
    settlement in the New World?</p>
   <option correct="no">
    <label>A</label>
    <p>Plymouth</p>
   </option>
   <option correct="yes" id="q1b">
    <label>B</label>
    <p>Jamestown</p>
   </option>
   <option correct="no">
    <label>C</label>
    <p>Roanoke</p>
   </option>
  </question>
  <explanation pointer-to-explained="q1b">
   <p>Established by the Virginia Company of London, Jamestown 
    was the first permanent English settlement in the New World; 
    it flourished from 1607 to 1699.  Although the Roanoke colony 
    was founded earlier (in 1587), that colony failed; upon returning 
    from a trip to England for supplies, its Governor found the 
    settlement abandoned.  Although one of the earliest New England 
    colonies, Plymouth (in modern Massachusetts) was not founded 
    by the Pilgrims until 1620.</p>
  </explanation>
 </question-wrap>
</sec>
...
True/False with answer and explanation 
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<sec id="sec45">
 ...
 <question-wrap>
  <question id="q2" question-response-type="true-false">
   <p>Peregrine White was the first English 
    child born in North America.</p>
   <answer pointer-to-question="q2" id="ans2">
    <p>False</p></answer>
  </question>
  <explanation pointer-to-explained="ans2">
   <p>The first English child born in North America was 
    Virginia Dare.  She was born in August 1587, in the 
    short-lived colony of Roanoke.  Although the settlement 
    was later abandoned and the fate of its inhabitants a 
    mystery, records brought to England by her grandfather, 
    the governor of the colony, later in 1587 note her birth 
    and baptism.  Born in November 1620, Peregrine White 
    was the first child born in the Plymouth colony.</p>
  </explanation>
 </question-wrap>
</sec>
...
True/False with options and explanation 
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<sec id="sec45">
 ...
 <question-wrap>
  <question id="q2" question-response-type="multiple-choice">
   <p>Peregrine White was the first English 
    child born in North America.</p>
   <option correct="no">
    <p>True</p></option>
   <option correct="yes" id="q2b">
    <p>False</p></option>
  </question>
  <explanation pointer-to-explained="q2b">
   <p>The first English child born in North America was 
    Virginia Dare.  She was born in August 1587, in the 
    short-lived colony of Roanoke (NC).  Although the settlement 
    was later abandoned and the fate of its inhabitants a 
    mystery, records brought to England by her grandfather, 
    the governor of the colony, later in 1587 note her birth 
    and baptism.  Born in November 1620, Peregrine White 
    was the first child born in the Plymouth colony (MA).</p>
  </explanation>
 </question-wrap>
</sec>
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