quizzes

Noun

quiz (plural quizzes)

1. (dated) An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.
   • I've always heard he was a quiz, says another, or a quoz, or some such word ; but I did not know he was such a book-worm.1796, Fanny Burney, Camilla: or, A picture of youth, by the author of Evelina, page 99
2. (dated) One who questions or interrogates; a prying person.
3. A competition in the answering of questions.
   • We came second in the pub quiz.
4. A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
   • For many it is hard to envision a scenario where a student completes an online quiz (or test) without using their smartphone, tablet, or other device to look up the answers, or ‘share’ those answers with other students.2015 May 18, Matt Farrell, Shannon Maheu, “Why open-book tests deserve a place in your courses”, in Faculty Focus

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