.

generic/views.py

@@ -758,4 +758,16 @@ class GenericViewBase:
     def author_list(self, request):
         authors = User.objects.all()
 
-        return render(request, f"{self.app_name}/author_list.html", {"authors": authors})
+        return render(request, f"{self.app_name}/author_list.html", {"authors": authors})
+
+
+class ExamCloneMixin():
+    def get_initial(self):
+        old_object = get_object_or_404(self.model, pk=self.kwargs["exam_id"])
+        initial_data = model_to_dict(old_object, exclude=["id"])
+
+        questions = old_object.exam_questions.all().values_list("id", flat=True)
+
+        initial_data["exam_questions"] = list(questions)
+
+        return initial_data