diff --git a/frontend/src/components/QuestionReadingLinks.jsx b/frontend/src/components/QuestionReadingLinks.jsx
index 775721b..1ae7ec9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/QuestionReadingLinks.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/QuestionReadingLinks.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import api from '../api/client'
  * the article's own sections for it — this used to ask for every linked
  * article in full, prose and all, to print a title and a heading.
  */
-export default function QuestionReadingLinks({ questionId }) {
+export default function QuestionReadingLinks({ questionId, variant = 'list' }) {
   const [links, setLinks] = useState(null)
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!questionId) { setLinks([]); return }
@@ -17,6 +17,25 @@ export default function QuestionReadingLinks({ questionId }) {
       .then(res => setLinks(res.data)).catch(() => setLinks([]))
   }, [questionId])
   if (!links || links.length === 0) return null
+
+  // Under the right answer in the player, the same links are a row of chips —
+  // one control, plainly a door to an article — rather than a headed list,
+  // which at that point in the page reads as another section of explanation.
+  if (variant === 'chips') {
+    return (
+      <div className="question-reading-chips" data-testid="question-reading">
+        {links.map(link => (
+          <Link key={`${link.article_id}-${link.section_id || 'all'}`}
+            className="question-reading-chip"
+            to={link.section_id ? `/articles/${link.article_id}?section=${link.section_id}` : `/articles/${link.article_id}`}>
+            <span aria-hidden="true">▤</span>
+            {link.section_title || link.title}
+          </Link>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="question-reading" data-testid="question-reading">
       <strong>Topic reading</strong>
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/QuizPage.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/QuizPage.jsx
index 5db20f8..dcdcfce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/QuizPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/QuizPage.jsx
@@ -2104,6 +2104,14 @@ const timerStarted = timeLeft !== null
                           </span>
                         )}
                       </button>
+                      {/* The topic behind the right answer, offered where the
+                          learner is already looking. Outside the option's
+                          button rather than inside it, because a link nested
+                          in a button is neither: the click would toggle the
+                          explanation instead of opening the article. */}
+                      {showCorrect && (
+                        <QuestionReadingLinks questionId={current.id} variant="chips" />
+                      )}
                       {/* Outside the option, so ruling one out is never
                           mistaken for choosing it. Gone once the question is
                           marked — there is nothing left to narrow down. */}
@@ -2183,7 +2191,12 @@ const timerStarted = timeLeft !== null
                       )}
                     </div>
                   )}
-                  {current.option_explanations && Object.keys(current.option_explanations).length > 0 && (
+                  {/* Gated on key points, not on option explanations. It asked
+                      whether the *other* field was populated, so a question
+                      with key points and no per-option reasoning showed none of
+                      them — which is most of the bank, once anybody writes
+                      them. */}
+                  {(current.key_points || []).length > 0 && (
                     <div className="explanation" style={{ marginTop: 16 }}>
                       <strong>Key points</strong>
                       <ul className="quiz-key-points">
@@ -2198,7 +2211,6 @@ const timerStarted = timeLeft !== null
                       </ul>
                     </div>
                   )}
-                  <QuestionReadingLinks questionId={current.id} />
                   {current.question_type === 'fill_blank' && (
                     <div className="explanation" style={{ marginTop: 12, borderLeftColor: '#22c55e' }}>
                       <strong>Correct Answer:</strong> {current.correct_answer}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/QuizPlayer.css b/frontend/src/pages/QuizPlayer.css
index 8a1c559..7dde923 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/QuizPlayer.css
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/QuizPlayer.css
@@ -932,3 +932,21 @@ body:has(.quiz-player.is-exam-chrome) .site-footer { display: none; }
 /* The clocks, at the foot of the rail with everything else about the session
    rather than about the question in front of you. */
 .quiz-rail-foot { display: flex; align-items: center; }
+
+/* The topic behind the right answer, in the player. A chip rather than a
+   headed list: at that point on the page a heading reads as another section of
+   explanation, and what this is is a door. */
+.question-reading-chips { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; margin: 8px 0 4px 42px; }
+.question-reading-chip {
+  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px;
+  padding: 7px 13px; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 8px;
+  background: var(--card-bg); color: var(--text); text-decoration: none;
+  font-size: 0.85rem; font-weight: 600;
+}
+.question-reading-chip:hover { border-color: var(--primary); color: var(--primary); }
+.question-reading-chip span { color: var(--text-muted); font-size: 0.9rem; }
+.question-reading-chip:hover span { color: var(--primary); }
+
+@media (max-width: 640px) {
+  .question-reading-chips { margin-left: 0; }
+}