LQUIZ(6)                  GAMES AND DEMOS                  LQUIZ(6)



NAME
     lquiz - Drill in Latin verbs, nouns and pronouns

SYNOPSIS
     lquiz [-v -no_subj -no_pass -no_irreg -n -p -l -e -h]

DESCRIPTION

     This program drills the  user in Latin verb conjugations and
     noun/pronoun declensions.  You   must  specify one  of   the
     options -v,  -n or -p  to  select the  verb, noun or pronoun
     quiz.  If invoked without  any options, lquiz prompts you to
     select one mode.

     It then prompts the user with  a question expecting a single
     answer   in Latin e.g.   What  is  the  Imperfect Indicative
     Active of the  verb  sum? or What  is  dative plural of  the
     feminine form of 'is' (that)?

     lquiz tells the correct answer  whenever you type a bare new
     line or the character 'n' (for next question) or  a '?'.  If
     you type the character   'a'  then all the   conjugations or
     declensions  of that form are printed   e.g. for bellum this
     gives :

     Second Declension:
           bellum             bella
           bellum             bella
           belli              bellorum
           bello              bellis
           bello              bellis


     If you type 'q' or upon interrupt, lquiz reports a score and
     terminates.

     With the -l switch, lquiz prompts the user with a Latin verb
     /noun in a  particular tense/mood/voice/person  but it  does 
     not expect a correct answer. Instead if you press return,the
     tense/mood etc is revealed. Typing q also quits but no score
     is printed out. E.g.

       fecerint ?
         Future Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd p. pl.(they)
         Perfect Subjunctive Active - 3rd p. pl.(they)
         facio facere feci factum < to make, form, do >

     When  in Verbs mode (-v  switch)  one can optionally exclude
     all irregular  verbs (-no_irreg  switch),  all verbs  in the
     subjunctive mood (-no_subj switch)  or verbs in the  passive
     voice (-no_pass switch).  This is recommended for beginners.


OPTIONS

     -v   Quiz verbs. The list of regular verbs are selected  from 
          the verbs.dict file. Deponent verbs are also implemented.
          Currently only 5 irregular verbs are built in (fero,
          possum, sum, ire and volo)

     -no_subj     Exclude all verbs in Subjunctive Mood.

     -no_pass     Exclude all verbs in Passive Voice.

     -no_irreg    Exclude all Irregular verbs.

     -n   Quiz  nouns. The list is taken from the nouns.dict file
          Irregular declensions are not implemented e.g. domus.

     -p   Quiz pronouns.  Currently  only the following  pronouns
          have been included: 'ego','tu','ille','qui','hic','is',
          'idem','ipse' and 'alius'.

     -l   Latin to English.

     -h   Prints a short help summary

     -e   Expert mode. Less help is provided on the prompt.

FILES
     verbs.dict           file containing Latin verbs
     nouns.dict           file containing Latin nouns
     patterns.pl          file containing conjugations/declensions
     Latin_phrases.pl     Latin phrases database

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Sun Release 4.1   Last change: 31 October 1994                 1