QUIZ(VI) 9/7/74 QUIZ(VI)
NAME
quiz - test your knowledge
SYNOPSIS
quiz [ -i file ] [ -t ] [ category1 category2 ]
DESCRIPTION
Quiz gives associative knowledge tests on various subjects.
It asks items chosen from category1 and expects answers from
category2. If no categories are specified, quiz gives in-
structions and lists the available categories.
Quiz tells a correct answer whenever you type a bare new-
line. At the end of input, upon interrupt, or when ques-
tions run out, quiz reports a score and terminates.
The -t flag specifies `tutorial' mode, where missed ques-
tions are repeated later, and material is gradually intro-
duced as you learn.
The -i flag causes the named file to be substituted for the
default index file. The lines of these files have the syn-
tax:
line = category newline | category `:' line
category = alternate | category `|' alternate
alternate = empty | alternate primary
primary = character | `[' category `]' | option
option = `{' category `}'
The first category on each line of an index file names an
information file. The remaining categories specify the or-
der and contents of the data in each line of the information
file. Information files have the same syntax. Backslash
`\' is used as with sh(I) to quote syntactically signifi-
cant characters or to insert transparent newlines into a
line. When either a question or its answer is empty, quiz
will refrain from asking it.
FILES
/usr/lib/quiz/index
/usr/lib/quiz/*
BUGS
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