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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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