diff -r 3643f59f141e -r 0842b3439c3e quiz/utils.py
--- a/quiz/utils.py	Thu Apr 22 06:23:53 2010 +0530
+++ b/quiz/utils.py	Thu Apr 22 12:17:21 2010 +0530
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 
         expected_ans = answer.question.expected_ans
 
-        ans_regex_patterns = [ r"\s*".join(ans_pattern.split()) for ans_pattern in expected_ans.split("\n") ]
+        ans_regex_patterns = []
+        for ans_pattern in expected_ans.split("\n"):
+            ans_regex_patterns.append( r"\s*".join(ans_pattern.split()) if not re.match(r"""^[",']""", ans_pattern) else ans_pattern )
+
         for pattern in ans_regex_patterns:
             if re.findall(pattern, answer.submitted_ans):
                 answer.is_correct = True