#! python3
# randomQuizGenerator.py - Creates quizzes with questions and answers in
# random order, along with the answer key.
import random
# the quiz data. Keys are states and values are their capitals.
capitals = {'Alabama': 'Montgomery', 'Alaska': 'Juneau', 'Arizona': 'Phoenix',
'Arkansas': 'Little Rock', 'California': 'Sacramento',
'Colorado': 'Denver', 'Connecticut': 'Hartford', 'Delaware': 'Dover',
'Florida': 'Tallahassee', 'Georgia': 'Atlanta', 'Hawaii': 'Honolulu',
'Idaho': 'Boie', 'Illinois': 'Springfield', 'Indiana': 'Indianapolis',
'Iowa': 'Des Moines', 'Kansas': 'Topeka', 'Kentucky': 'Frankfort',
'Louisiana': 'Baton Rouge', 'Maine': 'Augusta', 'Maryland': 'Annapolis',
'Massachusetts': 'Boston', 'Michigan': 'Lansing', 'Minnesota': 'Saint Paul',
'Mississippi': 'Jackson', 'Missouri': 'Jefferson City', 'Montana': 'Helena',
'Nebraska': 'Lincoln', 'Nevada': 'Carson City', 'New Hampshire': 'Concord',
'New Jersey': 'Trenton', 'New Mexico': 'Santa Fe', 'New York': 'Albany',
'North Carolina': 'Raleigh', 'North Dakota': 'Bismarck', 'Ohio': 'Columbus',
'Oaklahoma': 'Oaklahoma City', 'Oregon': 'Salem', 'Pennsylvania': 'Harrisburg',
'Rhode Island': 'Providence', 'South Carolina': 'Columbia',
'South Dakota': 'Pierre', 'Tennessee': 'Nashville', 'Texas': 'Austin',
'Utah': 'Salt Lake City', 'Vermont': 'Montpelier', 'Virginia': 'Richmond',
'Washington': 'Olympia', 'West Virginia': 'Charleston', 'Wisconsin': 'Madison',
'Wyoming': 'Cheyenne'}
# Generate 35 quiz files.
for quizNum in range(35):
# Create the quiz and answer key files.
quizFile = open('/Users/austin/Desktop/python_work/quiz/capitalsquiz%s.txt' % (quizNum + 1), 'w')
answerKeyFile = open('/Users/austin/Desktop/python_work/quiz/capitalsquiz_answers%s.txt' % (quizNum + 1), 'w')
# Write out the header for the quiz.
quizFile.write('Name:\n\nDate:\n\nPeriod:\n\n')
quizFile.write((' ' * 20) + 'State Capitals Quiz (Form%s)' % (quizNum + 1))
quizFile.write('\n\n')
# Shuffle the order of the states.
states = list(capitals.keys())
random.shuffle(states)
# Loop through all 50 states, making a question for each.
for questionNum in range(50):
# Get rigth and wrong answers.
correctAnswer = capitals[states[questionNum]]
wrongAnswers = list(capitals.values())
del wrongAnswers[wrongAnswers.index(correctAnswer)]
wrongAnswers = random.sample(wrongAnswers, 3)
answerOptions = wrongAnswers + [correctAnswer]
random.shuffle(answerOptions)
# Write the question and answer options to the quiz file.
quizFile.write('%s. What is the capital of %s?\n' % (questionNum + 1,
states[questionNum]))
quizFile.write('\n')
# for i in range(4):
for i in range(4):
quizFile.write((' ' * 5) + ' %s. %s\n' % ('ABCD'[i], answerOptions[i]))
quizFile.write('\n')
# Write the answer key to a file.
answerKeyFile.write('%s. %s\n' % (questionNum + 1, 'ABCD'[
answerOptions.index(correctAnswer)]))
answerKeyFile.write('\n')
quizFile.close()
answerKeyFile.close()
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