Port LITQUIZ to Python

pulled questions and answers out into a question class to reduce repetition in the logic.

57 Literature Quiz/python/litquiz.py

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+"""
+LITQUIZ
+
+A children's literature quiz
+
+Ported by Dave LeCompte
+"""
+
+PAGE_WIDTH = 64
+
+
+class Question:
+    def __init__(
+        self, question, answer_list, correct_number, incorrect_message, correct_message
+    ):
+        self.question = question
+        self.answer_list = answer_list
+        self.correct_number = correct_number
+        self.incorrect_message = incorrect_message
+        self.correct_message = correct_message
+
+    def ask(self):
+        print(self.question)
+
+        options = [f"{i+1}){self.answer_list[i]}" for i in range(len(self.answer_list))]
+        print(", ".join(options))
+
+        response = int(input())
+
+        if response == self.correct_number:
+            print(self.correct_message)
+            return True
+        else:
+            print(self.incorrect_message)
+            return False
+
+
+questions = [
+    Question(
+        "IN PINOCCHIO, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CAT?",
+        ["TIGGER", "CICERO", "FIGARO", "GUIPETTO"],
+        3,
+        "SORRY...FIGARO WAS HIS NAME.",
+        "VERY GOOD!  HERE'S ANOTHER.",
+    ),
+    Question(
+        "FROM WHOSE GARDEN DID BUGS BUNNY STEAL THE CARROTS?",
+        ["MR. NIXON'S", "ELMER FUDD'S", "CLEM JUDD'S", "STROMBOLI'S"],
+        2,
+        "TOO BAD...IT WAS ELMER FUDD'S GARDEN.",
+        "PRETTY GOOD!",
+    ),
+    Question(
+        "IN THE WIZARD OF OS, DOROTHY'S DOG WAS NAMED?",
+        ["CICERO", "TRIXIA", "KING", "TOTO"],
+        4,
+        "BACK TO THE BOOKS,...TOTO WAS HIS NAME.",
+        "YEA!  YOU'RE A REAL LITERATURE GIANT.",
+    ),
+    Question(
+        "WHO WAS THE FAIR MAIDEN WHO ATE THE POISON APPLE?",
+        ["SLEEPING BEAUTY", "CINDERELLA", "SNOW WHITE", "WENDY"],
+        3,
+        "OH, COME ON NOW...IT WAS SNOW WHITE.",
+        "GOOD MEMORY!",
+    ),
+]
+
+
+def print_centered(msg):
+    spaces = " " * ((64 - len(msg)) // 2)
+
+    print(spaces + msg)
+
+
+def print_instructions():
+    print("TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.")
+    print()
+    print("THIS IS A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUIZ.")
+    print("TYPE A 1, 2, 3, OR 4 AFTER THE QUESTION MARK.")
+    print()
+    print("GOOD LUCK!")
+    print()
+    print()
+
+
+def main():
+    print_centered("LITERATURE QUIZ")
+    print_centered("CREATIVE COMPUTING  MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY")
+    print()
+    print()
+    print()
+
+    print_instructions()
+
+    score = 0
+
+    for q in questions:
+        if q.ask():
+            score += 1
+        print()
+        print()
+
+    if score == len(questions):
+        print("WOW!  THAT'S SUPER!  YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR NURSERY")
+        print("YOUR NEXT QUIZ WILL BE ON 2ND CENTURY CHINESE")
+        print("LITERATURE (HA, HA, HA)")
+    elif score < len(questions) / 2:
+        print("UGH.  THAT WAS DEFINITELY NOT TOO SWIFT.  BACK TO")
+        print("NURSERY SCHOOL FOR YOU, MY FRIEND.")
+    else:
+        print("NOT BAD, BUT YOU MIGHT SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME")
+        print("READING THE NURSERY GREATS.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()