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Test yourself

Make a practice test from a unit, at whatever length and difficulty you want.

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Open Ask on the unit and say you want testing on it. A card appears where you set the paper up:

  • Number of questions — 5 to 100, in fives.
  • Difficulty — Easier, Mixed or Harder.
  • Minutes — a time limit, or Off for untimed.
  • Topic — narrow it to one thing, or leave it on Whole scope.

Confirm, and the paper is written.

What it costs

Questions Credits
5 25
10 35
20 60
40 105
100 246

The sizes in between are priced in between. The card does not show the price — your balance is on Account → Usage, and the full list is in What each thing costs.

One long test costs less than several short ones. A 20-question test is 60 credits; four 5-question tests are 100 credits for the same 20 questions. If you know you want twenty, ask for twenty.

Taking it

Answer as you go. If you set a time limit it counts down and submits when it runs out.

At the end you get your score, the right answers, and where in the unit each one came from — so a question you got wrong takes you straight to what to reread.

Taking it again

You can sit the same paper as many times as you like. Only making a test costs credits; sitting one you already have costs nothing.

If it does not finish

A paper that fails while it is being written can be started again from the same place, and you are not charged twice for it.

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