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Additional explaination for Short Answers and the asterix character.

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<p>By default the comparisons ignore the case of the text. There is an option
to make the comparisons case sensitive.</p>
to make the comparisons case sensitive.</p>
<p>The asterix (*) character can be used in answers as a &quot;wild card&quot;
character. It stands for any number of characters (including no charcters
at all). For example, the answer &quot;Long*&quot; will match
&quot;longer&quot;, &quot;longest&quot; and &quot;long&quot;. If one of
the answers is just &quot;*&quot; (a single *) this anwser will match
anything, it is normally used as the last &quot;catch-all&quot; answer.
(If an asterix (*) is actually needed in an answer, it should be entered as
\*, backslash asterix)<p></li>
anything, it is normally used as the last &quot;catch-all&quot; answer. The
matching process goes through the answers in the order they appear on the
screen. Once a match is found the process stops and the corresponding
result (and response, if present) is returned. So, if for example the
answers are Longest, Long* and * (in that order), the input
&quot;longer&quot; will match the second answer and, in this case, the
third answer, although a match, is ignored.</p>
<p> If an asterix (*) is actually needed in an answer, it should be entered as
\*, backslash asterix.<p></li>
<li><b>True/False</b> The answer to this type of question only has two options,
true or false. The student is prompted to choose which is the correct