1QUIZ(6) Games Manual QUIZ(6)
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6 quiz - test your knowledge
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9 /usr/games/quiz [ -i file ] [ -t ] [ category1 category2 ]
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12 Quiz gives associative knowledge tests on various subjects. It asks
13 items chosen from category1 and expects answers from category2. If no
14 categories are specified, quiz gives instructions and lists the avail‐
15 able categories.
16 Quiz tells a correct answer whenever you type a bare newline. At the
18 end of input, upon interrupt, or when questions run out, quiz reports a
19 score and terminates.
20 The -t flag specifies `tutorial' mode, where missed questions are
22 repeated later, and material is gradually introduced as you learn.
23 The -i flag causes the named file to be substituted for the default
25 index file. The lines of these files have the syntax:
26 line = category newline ⎪ category `:' line
27 category = alternate ⎪ category `|' alternate
28 alternate = empty ⎪ alternate primary
29 primary = character ⎪ `[' category `]' ⎪ option
30 option = `{' category `}'
31 The first category on each line of an index file names an information
33 file. The remaining categories specify the order and contents of the
34 data in each line of the information file. Information files have the
35 same syntax. Backslash `\' is used as with sh(1) to quote syntacti‐
36 cally significant characters or to insert transparent newlines into a
37 line. When either a question or its answer is empty, quiz will refrain
38 from asking it.
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41 /usr/games/quiz.k/*
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44 The construct `a|ab' doesn't work in an information file. Use `a{b}'.
457th Edition May 20, 1985 QUIZ(6)