Damien Thiriet via ntg-context schrieb am 12.04.2022 um 20:46:

Thank you for all your answers. I will have a deeper look at them. My first comments:

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If you are certain that the there will be no multi-line item Unfortunately there are often some. History teachers are not known for loving short texts, at least in France.

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Using the “columns" feature is one way to go Might be, but I do not always give the same number of answers on both columns

Something I forgot to put in my MWE is that I randomize both lists. Messing the answers is a good way to prevent pupils from cheating, especially with long answers.. That makes a four columns table more cumbersome, so I believe.

You can use different alignment settings to move the bullet points to the right side of your lists. \starttext \bTABLE[frame=off,width=.4\textwidth,columndistance=.2\textwidth,align={normal,lohi}]   \bTR     \bTD       \startitemize[circle,random][align=righttoleft]       \startitem {\lefttoright One} \stopitem       \startitem {\lefttoright Two} \stopitem       \startitem {\lefttoright Three} \stopitem       \stopitemize     \eTD     \bTD       \startitemize[circle,random]       \startitem First \stopitem       \startitem Second \stopitem       \startitem Third \stopitem       \startitem Foruth \stopitem       \stopitemize     \eTD   \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Wolfgang