I am using Moodle 2.9 and I need to create a fill in the blank question. The question I am using has 2 paragraphs of text, and a total of 7 blank spaces. I first tried using the short answer format, where I typed out both paragraphs in the question box, and I used the underscore (5 spaces) for each desired response. When I checked the quiz, only the very first question had a response box, while the rest had "_____", which I didn't want. I then tried the embedded question format and I used the exact format found at https://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Embedded_Answers_(Cloze)_question_type . When I tried to save my changes, moodle told me that I needed at least one embedded answer in my question, which confused me since I used 7, and in the exact format that I found on said webpage. Is there something I am missing, or is that feature not possible on moodle 2.9? though I think It should be since people having been asking about fill-in-the-blank for many versions of moodle now. Thanks!
It would be useful if you had posted the exact text you tried with the Cloze question type. Did you use the correct case for your tags, {:sa:=cat} is not valid but {:SA:=cat} is valid. If you have the ability to install your own question types you might like to consider my own gapfill question type which I created specifically because I found the Cloze question type frustrating. See here.