ch8_randomQuizGenerator.py

#! python3
# randomQuizGenerator.py - Create quix with questions ans answers in
# random order, along with answer key

import random

# Quiz data. Keyz are states and value are 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':        'Boise', 
            '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', 
            'Oklahoma':     'Oklahoma 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 Quizzes
for quiznum in range(35):
    # Create quiz and answer key files
    quizFile = open('test\\capitalsquiz%s.txt' % (quiznum + 1), 'w')
    answerKeyFile = open('test\\capitalsquiz_answers%s.txt' % (quiznum + 1), 'w')

    # Write out header for the quiz
    quizFile.write('Name:\n\nDate:\n\nPeriod:\n\n')
    quizFile.write((' ' * 20) + 'State Capital Quiz (Form %s)' % (quiznum + 1))
    quizFile.write('\n\n')

    # Shuffle the order of states
    states = list(capitals.keys())
    random.shuffle(states)

    # Loop through all 50 states making a question for each
    for questionNum in range(50):
        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 questions and answer options to the file quiz
        quizFile.write('%s. What is the capital of %s?\n' % (questionNum + 1, 
                states[questionNum]))
        for i in range(4):
            quizFile.write('    %s. %s\n' % ('ABCD'[i], answerOptions[i]))
        quizFile.write('\n')

        # Write answer key to file
        answerKeyFile.write('%s. %s\n' % (questionNum + 1, 'ABCD'[
                answerOptions.index(correctAnswer)]))

    quizFile.close()
    answerKeyFile.close()

print('finished')