Dropdown answers in-line with question text

I put in a support ticket but unfortunately all I got was the answer below. I think my workaround will be to use the Hot Spot feature and use an image with hot spots drawn around the appropriate answer choices. As best as I understand it though the validation for this type of question won't work 100% for my intended use - in other words participants can be restricted to only 5 (or whatever #) answers total on the image but I can't discriminate between someone picking 1 answer for each of the 5 blanks versus picking 2 answers for a blank, 1 each for the next 3 blanks, and no answer for the final blank. Oh well. "Thank you for reaching Qualtrics Support! After analyzing different possibilities for your request, I couldn't find a solution to your problem. I also tried to research a workaround that could let you display the question in a similar way but, unfortunately, it seems that there's not a similar functionality on Qualtrics. I believe that this could be a feature that many other users could find helpful in the future, so I'd like to file a feature request for it. However, this doesn't mean that a similar question type will be available soon and it also doesn't guarantee that the feature will be developed. Given the long times for the feature requests, I believe that the best solutions for you would be changing the structure of your question. I'm sorry that I can not be more helpful. If you have any questions or you'd like any type of assistance, please let me know!"