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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)quiz.6      6.1 (Berkeley) 5/20/85
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH QUIZ 6  "May 20, 1985"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: quiz \- test your knowledge
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B /usr/games/quiz
        !             9: [
        !            10: .B \-i
        !            11: file ]
        !            12: [
        !            13: .B \-t
        !            14: ] [ category1 category2 ]
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Quiz
        !            17: gives associative knowledge tests on various subjects.
        !            18: It asks items chosen from
        !            19: .I category1
        !            20: and expects answers from
        !            21: .IR category2 .
        !            22: If no categories are specified,
        !            23: .I quiz
        !            24: gives instructions and lists the available categories.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: .I Quiz
        !            27: tells a correct answer whenever you type a bare newline.
        !            28: At the end of input, upon interrupt, or when questions run out,
        !            29: .I quiz
        !            30: reports a score and terminates.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: The
        !            33: .B \-t
        !            34: flag specifies `tutorial' mode, where missed questions are repeated
        !            35: later, and material is gradually introduced as you learn.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: The
        !            38: .B \-i
        !            39: flag causes the named file to be substituted for the default index file.
        !            40: The lines of these files have the  syntax:
        !            41: .RS
        !            42: .nf
        !            43: .ta \w'alternate 'u
        !            44: line   = category newline \(bv category `:' line
        !            45: category       = alternate \(bv category `|' alternate
        !            46: alternate      = empty \(bv alternate primary
        !            47: primary        = character \(bv `[' category `]' \(bv option
        !            48: option = `{' category `}'
        !            49: .fi
        !            50: .RE
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: The first category on each line of an index file names an information file.
        !            53: The remaining categories specify the order and contents of
        !            54: the data in each line of the information file.
        !            55: Information files have the same syntax.
        !            56: Backslash `\\' is used as with
        !            57: .IR sh (1)
        !            58: to quote syntactically significant characters or to insert transparent
        !            59: newlines into a line.
        !            60: When either a question or its answer is empty,
        !            61: .I quiz
        !            62: will refrain from asking it.
        !            63: .SH FILES
        !            64: /usr/games/quiz.k/*
        !            65: .SH BUGS
        !            66: The construct `a\||\|ab' doesn't work in an information file.
        !            67: Use `a{b}'.

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