protected function create_question( $raw, $manager, $author_id ) {

		/**
		 * Filter raw question import data prior to generation
		 *
		 * @since 3.30.2
		 *
		 * @param array          $raw       Raw quiz data array.
		 * @param obj            $manager   Question manager instance.
		 * @param int            $author_id Optional author ID to use as a fallback if no raw author data supplied for the question.
		 * @param LLMS_Generator $generator Generator instance.
		 */
		$raw = apply_filters( 'llms_generator_before_new_question', $raw, $manager, $author_id, $this );

		unset( $raw['parent_id'] );

		$question_id = $manager->create_question(
			array_merge(
				array(
					'post_status' => 'publish',
					'post_author' => $author_id,
				),
				$raw
			)
		);

		if ( ! $question_id ) {
			throw new Exception( esc_attr__( 'Error creating the question post object.', 'lifterlms' ), intval( self::ERROR_CREATE_POST ) );
		}

		$question = llms_get_post( $question_id );

		$this->store_temp_id( $raw, $question );

		if ( isset( $raw['choices'] ) ) {
			foreach ( $raw['choices'] as $choice ) {
				unset( $choice['question_id'] );
				$question->create_choice( $this->maybe_sideload_choice_image( $choice, $question_id ) );
			}
		}

		// Set all metadata.
		foreach ( array_keys( $question->get_properties() ) as $key ) {
			if ( isset( $raw[ $key ] ) ) {
				$question->set( $key, $raw[ $key ] );
			}
		}

		$this->sideload_images( $question, $raw );

		/**
		 * Action triggered immediately following generation of a new question
		 *
		 * @since 3.30.2
		 *
		 * @param LLMS_Question  $question  Generated question object.
		 * @param array          $raw       Original raw question data array.
		 * @param obj            $manager   Question manager instance.
		 * @param LLMS_Generator $generator Generator instance.
		 */
		do_action( 'llms_generator_new_question', $question, $raw, $manager, $this );

		return $question->get( 'id' );
	}