How to Create a Quiz from a PDF: A Worked Example
You can turn a text-based PDF into a practice quiz with Cuiz AI. Upload the file, choose which pages to use, set the difficulty and question count, then generate the questions.
The PDF-to-quiz generator includes a downloadable source and questions created by Cuiz AI. You can inspect the example below before using your own material.
1. Check your PDF
Try selecting a sentence in your PDF reader. If the page is only a scanned image, run OCR first and check the extracted text. Diagrams, handwritten notes and equations can lose meaning during extraction.
For this walkthrough, download our one-page water-cycle PDF. It contains original teaching notes you can share and adapt with attribution. A plain-text version is also available.
2. Upload and choose your settings
Open Upload, select the PDF and wait for its details to load. Choose a focused page range, question count, difficulty and language.
Free accounts include 5 quizzes per month and up to 40 selected pages per quiz. Pro supports up to 100 selected pages per quiz and advertises up to 50 quizzes per day. See current pricing for subscription amounts. Generation time varies with the document and service load.
3. Answer, then check the explanation
Cuiz AI creates multiple-choice and select-all-that-apply questions. Read the instruction carefully: some questions have more than one correct answer.
For our worked example, Cuiz AI's PDF reader extracted the source text and its quiz-generation code produced 5 questions on 17 October 2026. This was a local generation run using the application's model and prompt, without a customer upload or saved account record. The examples below are taken from that output.
Review each question against your source. Our raw output included a question that confused condensation with deposition; the download includes a review note identifying it. This is why generated questions need checking before they become a classroom assessment.
4. Keep studying
After a quiz, use the summary to review answers and export to PDF or DOCX. You can create a flashcard deck from the quiz and use spaced repetition for later review.
For another lecture, try PowerPoint to quiz or lecture notes to quiz. The sample quiz lets you try the full quiz interface without an account.
See the source. Check the questions.
These water-cycle questions were generated from our one-page PDF using Cuiz AI's PDF reader and quiz-generation code on 17 October 2026. Expand an answer and compare it with the source.
Source excerpt
The water cycle
After precipitation, some water flows over the surface as runoff and reaches streams and rivers. Some infiltrates the soil. Water that moves deeper can recharge groundwater, which is stored in pores and cracks in rock and sediment.
Original Cuiz AI teaching material. You can share or adapt it with attribution.
1. How do solar energy and gravity interact to maintain the continuous movement of water within the cycle?
- Solar energy facilitates the phase change from liquid to vapor, while gravity directs the movement of liquid and solid water toward lower elevations.
- Gravity initiates the evaporation process by pulling water molecules apart, while solar energy causes precipitation to fall from clouds.
- Solar energy drives the infiltration of water into deep aquifers, while gravity powers the transpiration process in vascular plants.
- Gravity converts water vapor into liquid droplets during condensation, while solar energy pulls runoff toward the oceans.
Show answer and explanation
Solar energy facilitates the phase change from liquid to vapor, while gravity directs the movement of liquid and solid water toward lower elevations.
Solar energy provides the thermal energy required for evaporation, while gravity is the force responsible for pulling precipitation to the surface and moving runoff and groundwater downhill.
2. In an urban environment where natural soil is replaced by impermeable pavement, what is the most likely consequence for the local hydrological cycle?
- A decrease in surface runoff velocity coupled with an increase in the rate of groundwater recharge.
- An acceleration of the transpiration rate as water is diverted from the soil to the atmosphere via surface heating.
- A reduction in the volume of water infiltrating the soil, leading to increased surface runoff and potential flooding.
- An increase in the condensation rate above the paved area due to the higher thermal mass of the concrete.
Show answer and explanation
A reduction in the volume of water infiltrating the soil, leading to increased surface runoff and potential flooding.
Paving land creates an impermeable surface that prevents water from infiltrating the soil to recharge groundwater, forcing it to remain on the surface as runoff.
3. Select all that apply: Which of the following processes contribute directly to the presence of water vapor in the atmosphere?
- Transpiration from plant stomata
- Infiltration into sediment pores
- Evaporation from surface water
- Condensation of liquid droplets
- Groundwater recharge
Show answer and explanation
Transpiration from plant stomata; Evaporation from surface water
Evaporation and transpiration (from plants) are the two primary processes that convert liquid water into water vapor that enters the atmosphere. Infiltration and recharge move water into the ground, and condensation removes vapor from the air.
Turn your notes into quizzes
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