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action="/web/20170708022817/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/quiz_responses" class="simple_form new_quiz_response" data-remote="true" id="new_quiz_response" method="post"><div style="display:none"><input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓"/></div><input id="quiz_id" name="quiz_id" type="hidden" value="115"/><div class="questions"><div class="question first current"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6444" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6444"/><span class="option_text">The ship changed course</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6445" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6445"/><span class="option_text">The ship changed coarse</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6451" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6451"/><span class="option_text">They wore course linen dresses</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6450" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6450"/><span class="option_text">They wore coarse linen dresses</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6417" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6417"/><span class="option_text">He had a head full of course hair</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6416" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6416"/><span class="option_text">He had a head full of coarse hair</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6466" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6466"/><span class="option_text">I enrolled on a computer course</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6467" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6467"/><span class="option_text">I enrolled on a computer coarse</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6419" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6419"/><span class="option_text">The college runs language coarses</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6418" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6418"/><span class="option_text">The college runs language courses</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6435" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6435"/><span class="option_text">His language is vulgar and course</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6434" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6434"/><span class="option_text">His language is vulgar and coarse</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6412" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6412"/><span class="option_text">We enjoyed our four-course meal</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6413" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6413"/><span class="option_text">We enjoyed our four-coarse meal</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6427" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6427"/><span class="option_text">Mix the soil with course sand</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6426" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6426"/><span class="option_text">Mix the soil with coarse sand</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6415" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6415"/><span class="option_text">Follow the coarse of the river</span></li><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6414" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6414"/><span class="option_text">Follow the course of the river</span></li></ul></div><div class="question"><p class="question-text">Which of the following is correct?</p><ul class="options"><li class="radio question_option" data-behaviour="ga-event-quiz" data-value="clicks"><input id="quiz_option_id_6448" name="quiz_option_id" type="radio" value="6448"/><span class="option_text">I had steak for my main course</span></li><li class="radio 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