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I've been doing something similar (maths in an Anki deck), and I haven't found a good way of doing so. My current method is just asking "Prove x" or "Outline a proof of x", with the proof wholesale in the answer, and then I run through the proof in my head calling it "Good" if I get all the major steps mostly correct. Some of my cards end up being quite long.
I have found that being explicit with asking for examples vs definitions is helpful: i.e. ask "What's the definition of a simple ring?" rather than "What's a simple ring?".
"def(simple ring)" is more efficient than "What's the definition of a simple ring?"
I find that having proper sentences in the questions means I can concentrate better (less effort to work out what it's asking, I guess), but each to their own.
If you have 50 cards that are in the style "def(...)" than it doesn't take any effort to work out what it's asking anymore.
Rereading "What's the " over a thousand times wastes time. When you do Anki for longer periods of time reducing the amount of time it takes to answer a card is essential.