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

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