randomQuizGenerator.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# randomQuizGenerator. py - Creates quizzes with questions and answers in
# random order, along with the answer key.

import random

pupil = 3

# The quiz data . Keys are states and values are their capitals .
capitals = {'Alabama':'Montgomery','Alaska':'Juneau','Arizona':'Phoenix','Arkansas':'LittleRock','California':'Sacramento','Colorado':'Denver','Connecticut':'Hartford','Delaware':'Dover','Florida':'Tallahassee','Georgia':'Atlanta','Hawaii':'Honolulu','Idaho':'Boise','Illinois':'Springfield','Indiana':'Indianapolis','Iowa':'DesMoines','Kansas':'Topeka','Kentucky':'Frankfort','Louisiana':'BatonRouge','Maine':'Augusta','Maryland':'Annapolis','Massachusetts':'Boston','Michigan':'Lansing','Minnesota':'SaintPaul','Mississippi':'Jackson','Missouri':'JeffersonCity','Montana':'Helena','Nebraska':'Lincoln','Nevada':'CarsonCity','NewHampshire':'Concord','NewJersey':'Trenton','NewMexico':'SantaFe','NewYork':'Albany','NorthCarolina':'Raleigh','NorthDakota':'Bismarck','Ohio':'Columbus','Oklahoma':'OklahomaCity','Oregon':'Salem','Pennsylvania':'Harrisburg','RhodeIsland':'Providence','SouthCarolina':'Columbia','SouthDakota':'Pierre','Tennessee':'Nashville','Texas':'Austin','Utah':'SaltLakeCity','Vermont':'Montpelier','Virginia':'Richmond','Washington':'Olympia','WestVirginia':'Charleston','Wisconsin':'Madison','Wyoming':'Cheyenne'}

# Generate quiz files .
for quizNum in range(pupil):
    # Create  the  quiz  and  answer  key  files .
    quizFile = open('capitalsquiz%d.txt' % (quizNum + 1), 'w')
    answerKeyFile = open('capitalsquiz_answers%d.txt' % (quizNum + 1), 'w')

    # write out the header for the quiz.
    quizFile.write('Name:\n\nDate:\n\nPeriod:\n\n')
    quizFile.write(' ' * 20 + 'State capital quiz (Form %d)' % (quizNum + 1))
    quizFile.write('\n\n')

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

    # Loop through all states, making a question for each .
    for questionNum in range(len(capitals)):
        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 the answer options to the quiz file.
        quizFile.write('%d. What is the capital of %s?\n' % (questionNum + 1, states[questionNum]))
        for i in range(len('ABCD')):
            quizFile.write('    %s. %s\n' % ('ABCD'[i], answerOptions[i]))
        quizFile.write('\n')
        # Write the answer key to a file.
        answerKeyFile.write('%d. %s\n' % (questionNum + 1, 'ABCD'[answerOptions.index(correctAnswer)]))

quizFile.close()
answerKeyFile.close()