quiz_generator.py

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': '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', 'NewMexico': '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', 'WestVirginia': 'Charleston', 'Wisconsin': 'Madison', 'Wyoming': 'Cheyenne'}

#Generate 35 quiz files

for quiz_num in range(35):
    #TODO:Create the quiz and answer kye files
    quiz_file= open('capitalsquiz%s.txt'%(quiz_num+1),'w')
    answer_key_file=open('capitals_quiz_answer%s.txt'%(quiz_num+1),'w')
    #TODO:Write out the header for the quiz
    quiz_file.write('Name:\n\nDate:\n\nPeriod:\n\n')
    quiz_file.write((''*20)+'State Capitals Quiz(Form%s)'%(quiz_num+1))
    quiz_file.write('\n\n')
    #TODO:Shuffle the order of the states
    states=list(capitals.keys())
    random.shuffle(states)
    #TODO:Loop throught all 50 states, making question for each.
    for question_num in range(50):
        #Get right and wrong answers.
        correct_answer= capitals[states[question_num]]
        wrong_answer=list(capitals.values())
        del wrong_answer[wrong_answer.index(correct_answer)]
        wrong_answer=random.sample(wrong_answer, 3)
        answer_options=wrong_answer+[correct_answer]
        random.shuffle(answer_options)

        #TODO :Write quistions and answer options to quiz files
        quiz_file.write('%s. What is the capital of %s? \n'%(question_num+1,states[question_num]))
        for i in range(4):
            quiz_file.write('%s. %s\n'%('ABCD'[i], answer_options[i]))
        quiz_file.write('\n')

        #TODO: Write answer key  to a file
        answer_key_file.write('%s. %s\n' %(question_num+1,'ABCD'[answer_options.index(correct_answer)]))
    quiz_file.close()
    answer_key_file.close()