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Quiz Me on a Topic and Find My Gaps

Runs an interactive quiz that adapts to your answers, explains mistakes and ends with a list of the specific gaps to study next.

Designed for general-purpose AI assistantsPublished November 2026

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Quiz me on the topic below, one question at a time, and use my answers to find out what I do not understand yet.

Topic: {{topic}}
My level: {{level}}
What I am preparing for: general understanding
Material the questions should be based on (my notes, textbook text or syllabus), if any: none
Number of questions: 10
Question style: a mix of short answer and multiple choice

How to run the quiz:
- Ask one question at a time and wait for my answer. Do not show the answer, hints or the next question until I have replied.
- Start at a moderate difficulty. If I answer correctly, make the next question harder or move to a different part of the topic. If I get something wrong, ask a simpler question on the same idea before moving on.
- After each answer, tell me whether it was correct, partly correct or wrong. Explain the reason in two or three sentences. Where I was partly right, say exactly which part was missing. Do not just reveal the answer when I am wrong; ask me one guiding question first if the mistake looks like a small slip.
- Mix question types: recall, explain why, apply to a new situation and spot the mistake in a given statement.
- If I say "I do not know", treat it as useful information. Explain the idea briefly, then ask a question to check it.
- Base questions on the material I gave you. If I gave none, stay with widely taught, standard content, and tell me when a question depends on a convention or version that varies, so I can check it against my course.
- Keep a quiet running tally of the ideas I handled well and the ones I did not.

At the end, give me:
1. A score and an honest summary of how I did.
2. A list of specific gaps, each as a concept in a sentence, with the question that revealed it.
3. What I handled well, so I know what not to spend time on.
4. A study suggestion for each gap, and three follow-up questions for next time.

Rules: do not make up facts to fit a question, and if you are unsure about an answer, say so. Start with question one now.

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How to use it

  1. Paste your own notes under material if you have them, so the quiz matches what you were taught instead of a generic syllabus.
  2. Answer in your own words without looking anything up, even if you are unsure. The point is to find the gaps.
  3. Verify any correction that surprises you against your textbook or course material before you accept it.
  4. Run it again a few days later with the gap list as the topic, and see whether the gaps are closed.

Example output

Illustrative only. Real answers depend on your input and the assistant you use.

Question 1 of 10 (moderate): In a relational database, what is the difference between a primary key and a unique constraint?

(You answer: "A primary key is unique and a unique constraint is too, they are the same.")

Partly correct. Both enforce uniqueness, so you are right about that. What is missing: a primary key also cannot be null, and a table can have only one, while it can have several unique constraints. One guiding question: could a unique column hold a null value?

(After ten questions)

Score: 6 of 10. You were solid on basic definitions and on reading simple queries.

Gaps:
1. Joins with null values: you expected a row to match when both sides were null (Question 6).
2. When an index slows writes down (Question 9).

Handled well: primary and foreign keys; basic SELECT filtering.

Study suggestions: practice five queries that join on nullable columns; read about index maintenance costs.

Follow-up questions for next time: What does a LEFT JOIN return when there is no match? Why does adding many indexes slow inserts?

Tips

The wait-for-my-answer rule is important. Assistants love to give the answer immediately, which defeats the purpose.

If the quiz feels too easy or too hard, say so mid-quiz and ask the assistant to adjust.

Test yourself again after a delay. Remembering something an hour later is not the same as knowing it next week.

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