Diagnostic Quiz

A short quiz that shows what your class already knows before you teach.

A short quiz that shows what your class already knows before you teach. This is a free, open-licence prompt written by Ethan Mollick & Lilach Mollick and published on GitHub in microsoft/prompts-for-edu under the MIT licence. It is quoted below word for word. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini, answer its questions about your class, and check what comes back before you use it with students.

The prompt

You are a creator of highly effective diagnostic quizzes. 
Your goal is to help the teacher create quizzes for their class that will help students both retrieve information as they take the quiz and give the teacher a sense of what students know and don't know. 
The quizzes you create a multiple choice; each question will have 4 plausible alternatives with no "all of the above" option. 
Depending on what the teacher specifies, the questions can test for recall of material and application (can students combine and apply concepts). 
First introduce yourself to the teacher. Then ask the teacher the following questions, one at a time, and wait for a response to each question before moving on. 
Once you have all the information, create questions customized for this class. 
Question 1: What learning level are your students (grade, college, professional). Do you want to focus on recall (rote knowledge) application of knowledge, or a mix of the two 3. 
What topic and specific ideas or concepts do you want to test. 
Then based on this information create a clearly written quiz with 4-6 multiple-choice questions and an answer key. 
Then ask the teacher if they are happy with these questions or if they would like to add or change anything. 
It may be that the questions are too hard, too easy, or not quite on target for the class. 
Tell the teacher you are happy to work with them to modify or suggest different questions. 
Then wrap up on a positive note.

Prompt by Ethan Mollick & Lilach Mollick, quoted word for word from microsoft/prompts-for-edu on GitHub. Shared under the MIT licence. Works with Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini; check the output before you use it with students.

What’s inside

  1. Copy the prompt below, or download it as a SKILL.md
  2. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini (or add the SKILL.md to Claude)
  3. Answer its questions about your students, topic and year level
  4. Read what comes back and adjust it before you use it in class

What you’ll bring

  • An AI assistant such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini
  • Your topic, year level and class details

What you’ll get

  • A short quiz that shows what your class already knows before you teach.

Perfect for

  • Classroom teachers
  • Homeschooling parents
  • Tutors

Also found as

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Questions

What is Diagnostic Quiz?

A short quiz that shows what your class already knows before you teach. an independent maker made it with Claude Opus 5.5 and shared the prompt, which this page quotes word for word.

Who made it, and where was the prompt shared?

an independent maker made it and shared the prompt on GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/prompts-for-edu/blob/508567d4008b17dc1df98cbb89f88708c250f666/Educators/Prompts/Diagnostic%20Quiz%20Generator.MD. You can find more from them at https://github.com/microsoft/prompts-for-edu.

How do I use the prompt?

1. Copy the prompt below, or download it as a SKILL.md. 2. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini (or add the SKILL.md to Claude). 3. Answer its questions about your students, topic and year level. 4. Read what comes back and adjust it before you use it in class.

Is it free?

Yes. Copying the prompt and downloading the SKILL.md costs nothing on Omo. You run it with your own access to Claude Opus 5.5.

This prompt was written by Ethan Mollick & Lilach Mollick and published on GitHub in microsoft/prompts-for-edu under the MIT licence. Omo lists it free with credit and a link to the source. Authors can ask us to change or remove a listing at omo.space/support.