


      QUIZ(6)                     (bsd 4.2)                     QUIZ(6)



      NAME
           quiz - test your knowledge

      SYNTAX
           /usr/games/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
           instructions and lists the available categories.

           Quiz tells a correct answer whenever you type a bare
           newline.  At the end of input, upon interrupt, or when
           questions run out, quiz reports a score and terminates.

           The -t flag specifies `tutorial' mode, where missed
           questions are repeated later, and material is gradually
           introduced 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
           syntax:
                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
           order and contents of the data in each line of the
           information file.  Information files have the same syntax.
           Backslash `\' is used as with sh(1) to quote syntactically
           significant 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/games/quiz.k/*

      BUGS
           The construct `a|ab' doesn't work in an information file.
           Use `a{b}'.











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