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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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