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Question

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

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 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)*)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

Example 1

Multiple-choice style question, giving options:
    ...
<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>
...   

Example 2

True/False question, tagged as an answer:
    ...
<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>
...   

Example 3

True/False question, tagged as two options:
    ...
<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>
...