Quiz scope problems in Captivate 7

I have created a project that consists of a series of slides with quiz questions interspersed. For example:
Slide 1
Slide 2
Question 1
Question 2
Slide 3
Slide 4
Question 3
Question 4
Slide 5
Slide 6
Question 5
Question 6
(Result slide)
Summary
If the user fails the quiz he can either
retake it, or
review the submitted answers and the correct ones in preparation for retaking it.
If option 2 is taken the user should then be able to retake the quiz.The problem I have having is with this option (2); the questions stay in review mode even if I reload the course. I assume this must relate to the quiz scope.
Having looked at the blogs etc I thought that the quiz scope started at the first question and ended with the result slide. So I should be able to navigate to Slide 1 or the Summary and thereby reset the quiz. However when I do this and then return to Question 1 the quiz is still in review mode. I must be doing something wrong and would appreciate some guidance.
TIA
Andrew

Sorry but Review/Retake process for regular question slides is not as you expect (by design): if the user Reviews, he cannot use any other attempt on Quiz level, even though he didn't exhaust his attempts.
Have a look at: http://blog.lilybiri.com/question-question-slides-in-captivate and http://blog.lilybiri.com/question-question-slides-part-2
This is not linked with the quiz scope at all. Quiz scope's role is, when the user gets out of the scope, that quiz attempt is considered being finished. In Captivate 6 and later, the quiz scope has become dynamic if you use Remediation feature.
Lilybiri

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