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+#! usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Chapter 8 Project Generating Random Quiz Files
+
+import random
+
+#The quiz data. Keys are states, capitals are values.
+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'}
+capitalsItems = list(capitals.items())
+
+#Generate 35 quiz files
+for quizNum in range(35):
+    # Create inital quiz and answer key files
+    quizFile = open('capitalsquiz%s.txt' % (quizNum +1), 'w')
+    answerKeyFile = open('capitalquiz_answers%s.txt' % (quizNum +1), 'w')
+
+    # Header for quiz
+    quizFile.write('Name:\n\nDate:\n\nPeriod:\n\n')
+    quizFile.write((' ' * 20) + 'State Capitals Quiz (Form %s)' % (quizNum +1))
+    quizFile.write('\n\n')
+
+    # Shuffle state order
+    states = list(capitals.keys())
+    random.shuffle(states)
+
+    # Loop through all 50 states making a question for each
+    for questionNum in range(50):
+        # Get right and wrong answers
+        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 answers to the quiz file
+        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')
+
+        answerKeyFile.write('%s. %s\n' % (questionNum + 1, 'ABCD'[answerOptions.index(correctAnswer)]))
+
+    quizFile.close()
+    answerKeyFile.close()
+
+            
+