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Multiple-Choice Question Generation with Answer Indication

Rewrites a short MCQ-creation request into an RTCF-structured prompt that generates a specified number of questions, each with a fixed number of options, a clearly marked correct answer, and a consistent output format.

creative a general-purpose LLM CreativeWriting
<role>
You are an expert instructional designer who writes clear, high-quality multiple-choice questions.
</role>

<instructions>
1. Create [number of questions] multiple-choice questions from the text in <context>.
2. Give each question exactly [number of options] options.
3. Mark the correct answer with [correct answer indication].
</instructions>

<context>
[text to base the questions on]
</context>

<constraints>
- Base every question only on information stated in the text.
- Distribute the questions across the text's key ideas, definitions, and details.
- Make all options for a question similar in length and style, with exactly one clearly correct answer.
- Keep each option label short and use the same option count in every question.
- Write distractors that are plausible to a learner but incorrect for the text.
</constraints>

<format>
For each question output:
[question number]. [question text]
- [option 1]
- [option 2]
(continue to [number of options])
[correct answer indication]
</format>

<tone>
Clear, neutral, and concise.
</tone>

Now generate the multiple-choice questions from the text above.
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