Laravel 5.4 route simplification

I've been trying to find some documentation on how to accomplish the following, but it seems like maybe I'm not using the correct search terms.

I would like to implement some simplified routes in Laravel 5.4 by omitting the route name from the path – for example:

1. /{page} instead of /pages/{page}
2. /profile instead of /users/{user}/edit
3. /{exam}/{question} (or even /exams/{exam}/{question}) instead of /exams/{exam}/questions/{question}

Example of current routes

Route::resource('exams.questions', 'ExamQuestionController', ['only' => ['show']]);
// exams/{exam}/question/{question}

I know how to do this with route closures and one-off routes (e.g.: Route::get...) but is there a way to do this using Route::resource?

via Chebli Mohamed