Survey or Quiz? Is this task possible?

That should be pretty straightforward. 

1. Make a number variable for each of your nine topics with a default value of 0. 
2. Then using a likert survey question with 3 choices, set the first choice to set the variable to 1, the second choice to 2, and the third to 3.
3. Then on your graphic create 3 states, green, yellow, and red.
4. Set a trigger that says if variable A = 1 change the state of your object to green.
5. Set another trigger that says if variable A = 2 change the state of your object to yellow.
6. Set another trigger that says if variable A = 3 change the state of your object to red.
7. Repeat steps 2-6 eight times, once for each of your topics.

There are probably better ways to do this but this should work.

Thanks.  Is there a way to change the likert scale to 3 instead of 5?

Good question. The built in Likert questions seem to be of limited useful in this version of SL. (See this thread.) I would just create my own button sets and assign triggers to each button individually. If you have more than one question on a page make sure you create a Button Set for each questions answer choices. 

... sorry for all the grammatical errors in the above post. It's early in the morning and my brain's not fully engaged yet.

Hi Guys,

Daryl, depending on what you're needing, you can use a multiple choice question and take advantage of the built-in Results.ScorePoints variable to create a Likert-like survey. I've thrown one together very quickly here based on your parameters. It's very bare-bones.

Also, if you watch this great tutorial by Jeanette Brooks (she's moved on and sadly for us is no longer with Articulate), it explains how to build this. I've used it successfully.