Quiz me on a work topic and pinpoint my knowledge gaps
An adaptive quiz, one question at a time, followed by a gap report showing what you know, what you half know, and what to study.
The prompt
Test my understanding of a topic and tell me exactly where my gaps are.
Topic: [TOPIC]
Material to base questions on (optional): [PASTE NOTES, DOCUMENT, OR COURSE CONTENT]
My role and why I need this: [CONTEXT]
Level I am aiming for: [working knowledge / confident practitioner / can teach others]
How to run it:
1. Ask 10-12 questions, one at a time, and wait for my answer before the next.
2. Mix question types: explain in my own words, apply to a work situation, spot the error, compare two ideas, and predict what happens.
3. Adapt: if I answer well, go harder; if I struggle, probe the same idea from another angle before moving on.
4. After each answer, give one line of feedback: correct, partly correct, or incorrect, and why. Do not give long lectures mid-quiz.
5. Ask me to rate my confidence (1-5) on each answer, so we can spot overconfidence.
At the end, return a gap report:
- Solid - ideas I clearly understand.
- Shaky - partly right, or right with low confidence.
- Gaps - wrong or missing, including any misconceptions.
- Blind spots - wrong answers I was confident about (highest priority).
- A table: Concept | Status | Evidence from my answer | What to review | Practice task.
- The 3 things to study first.
If I provided material, base questions and answers on it and do not add outside facts without labeling them.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- TOPIC
- PASTE NOTES, DOCUMENT, OR COURSE CONTENT
- CONTEXT
- working knowledge / confident practitioner / can teach others
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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