Loadstar 128 #30/q30.d81/t.calhoon u 30

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                    C A L H O O N   U N I V E R S I T Y

                      Program and Text by Bob Markland

     As we begin the second semester at CALHOON UNIVERSITY you should be
pleased to learn that the campus has undergone some remodeling and the
curriculum has been expanded.  There is now a file requester that searches
for all files with a "CU." prefix and allows any of several different
quizzes to be selected from a menu.

    You should seriously consider dedicating a disk to CALHOON UNIVERSITY,
then use LOADSTAR's copy function to transfer all necessary files from
LOADSTAR.  Following this you can use any file copier to transfer "TV
Trivia 101" from the first semester, and copy any new quizzes to your disk
as they are published.

    To use the file requester, press CRSR DOWN/UP to highlight the desired
quiz, then press RETURN to select it. In the event of a disk error the
Dean's List is displayed.  Correct the error and press [T] to try again, or
press [D] to drop out of school. To escape the directory menu press [Q],
then respond to the choices on the Dean's List.


 STUDENT ORIENTATION
 -------------------

     At CALHOON UNIVERSITY each quiz consists of up to 100 questions and
offers 4 multiple-choice answers. Use CRSR DOWN/UP to highlight the correct
answer and press RETURN to enter your choice.  Or sit back in your favorite
chair and use a joystick in port 2.  Select and enter your choice with
DOWN, UP, and FIRE.

    Questions are presented in a different random order each time the
program is run to enhance learning value.  In addition to the questions and
answers the screen display indicates the number of questions presented, the
previous high score, the point value for the current question and the
cumulative score for the current quiz.


 SYLLABUS
 --------

    BLACK HISTORY -- CALHOON UNIVERSITY is pleased to acknowledge Hollis
Hite as its first guest professor.  His quiz takes an in-depth look at
notable African-Americans from sports, entertainment, politics and more.

    WORLD CURRENCIES -- This quiz tests your knowledge of the standard
monetary unit of 50 countries around the world.  Many countries use the
same name for their currency -- dollars, pesos, francs, etc.  For the
purpose of this quiz, assume that each possible answer is prefixed with the
name of the country. (e.g. the Luxembourg Franc and the Guinean Franc are
separate and distinct currencies).  Also discount the fact that many
countries are eager to accept American currency.

 YOUR GRADE
 ----------

     The scoring system rewards consistently correct answers.  The point
value begins at 1.  With each correct answer the point value is increased
by 1.  An incorrect answer resets the point value.  There is no further
penalty for incorrect answers and the quiz continues until all questions
have been answered.  The valedictorian will score 1275 points on 50
question quizzes.

    Following each quiz the Dean's List displays the top 10 students. If
your score qualifies you for honors a cursor appears on the appropriate
line so that you may enter your name.  Type from 1 to 10 characters and
press RETURN to record your score.

    From the Dean's List you may elect to try another quiz or quit. You may
also quit a quiz in progress by pressing [Q] at the start of any question.
In this case you will be taken to the Dean's List, but are not considered
for honors, regardless of your current score.  Your options are: Try a new
quiz, Continue with the quiz in progress, or Drop out of school.  When you
drop out of school, the program searches for a LOADSTAR disk in the active
drive.  If none is found you are returned to BASIC.


 GUEST PROFESSORSHIPS
 --------------------

    Professor emeritus Knees Calhoon is actively recruiting guest
professors.  America's schools are suffering from a shortage of good
teachers, and CALHOON UNIVERSITY is no exception.  To date, Hollis Hite and
others have picked up the gauntlet and so can you.

    There are two ways to become a guest professor:

 (1)  Follow the instructions given below and submit a completed quiz.

 (2)  If you're not inclined to structure and test a quiz in CALHOON
UNIVERSITY format, submit a hard or disk copy of any word processed
multiple-choice quiz, clearly indicating which answer possibility is
correct.  Preferably, quizzes should be 50 to 100 questions each, but a
series of shorter quizzes will be considered too.

    If you would rather just sit back and enjoy the curriculum, but have a
topic that particularly interests you, give Fender some feedback.  The most
requested topics will definitely be used in future quizzes.


 STRUCTURING A QUIZ
 ------------------

    It's not at all difficult to put together a quiz, whether it's for
submission to LOADSTAR or simply for your own educational or entertainment
purposes.

 (1) Use EDSTAR II (published on various issues of LOADSTAR for the C-64)
or any word processor that allows you to save a PETASCII file in PRG
format.

 (2) Begin the file on the first character of the first line with a six-
letter or shorter identifier that ends with a period.  The "Black History"
quiz, for example, uses "bkhist."  This will be the filename prefix for the
"Dean's List" which is unique to each quiz.

 (3) The second line will identify you as the author.  Use ALL lowercase
and enter: quiz by: hollis hite, followed by a GREATER THAN sign (>).

 (4) The third line must say "Calhoon University".  (Note the required use
of the uppercase "C". This distinguishes the file from the C-64 version
which uses "Professor Calhoon" on this line.

 (5) Line 4 is the name of the quiz in upper-lower case.  You may use as
many lines as you need, but restrict their length to 64 characters.  EDSTAR
II only allows 40-character lengths, so if you want longer lines you need
to use a word processor.  THE WRITE STUFF is recommended.

 (6) Follow this with two blank lines.

 (7) This is the area for up to 100 questions.  Each question consists of
10 lines (no more/no less) in this format:

                      REMARKS
               (not part of the file)

Q-1             ;Question number
#a              ;Answer indicator
question line 1 ;If line 2 isn't
question line 2 ;needed use a single asterisk
*               ;Spacer, this must be an asterisk
answer a        ;
answer b        ;
answer c        ;
answer d        ;
blank line      ;Separates questions


 QUESTION AND ANSWER RESTRICTIONS:

Use all lowercase for the questions and answers.

Question lines may be up to 64 characters long.

If you do not need question line 2, enter a single asterisk (*).

A single asterisk MUST separate the questions from the answers.

Answers may be up to 22 characters long.

Do not use the number sign (#) except for identifying the correct answer.

Do not use the double quote (") anywhere.  If you want a double quote to
appear in your question or answer, use the AT sign (@).

Do not use the less than sign (<) except on the last line of the quiz.

Do not use the greater than sign (>) except at the end of the author
line.

You may use the English Pound sign for an underline character in the
question.  Use five of them for a reasonable length blank.  It's not a good
idea to use the English Pound in EDSTAR II.  It's used for something else
and there may be conflicts.

  (8) End the quiz with a LESS THAN sign (<) on a line by itself.  This is
ESSENTIAL!  To accommodate quizzes of different lengths the program must
know where each quiz ends.

  (9) Save the file as a PETASCII PRG file with a "cu." prefix.  EDSTAR
will ask you to enter the file type.

  NOTE: For quizzes with fewer than 76 questions, EDSTAR will work fine.
For longer quizzes you will need to use a word processor like THE WRITE
STUFF.  There are two ways to do it:

 (1) Write the quiz making sure you have NO reversed codes in the text and
press CTRL-A (for PETASCII mode), then press CTRL-S (for save), delete the
preceding hyphen, enter "cu." then your file's name, or:

 (2) Write the quiz and set the margins to lm0 rm16 tm0 bm0.  Then go to
the print menu and "Print to disk".  At the filename prompt enter
"cu.filename,p,w" without the quotes.


    Here is a short sample of how a quiz file might look:

tvt1.
quiz by: bob markland>
Calhoon University
Television Trivia 101


Q-1
#d
name the occupation of jackie gleason as
ralph kramden, on the honeymooners.
*
sewer worker
longshoreman
bartender
bus driver

Q-2
#b
the red skelton show frequently
featured a character named \\\\\.
*
dudley doright
freddy freeloader
manny the moocher
deadbeat dan

    Once your quiz file, with a "cu." prefix has been saved to a disk
containing the version of CALHOON UNIVERSITY found on this issue, the file
requester will recognize it.  To test your quiz, select it from the menu
and go through all of the questions.  Look for typos or anything that
corrupts the screen or format.  Go back and edit the quiz, as necessary,
then test again.

    The five most common problem areas are:

Format errors in the header (lines 1-4).

Missing carriage returns at the end of a question or answer line.

Too many or too few lines for each question.

Use of prohibited characters or improper use of uppercase characters.

Lines exceeding 64 characters for questions or 22 characters for answers.

    You may prefer to simply test your knowledge with CALHOON UNIVERSITY's
course offering and perhaps say to yourself along the way, "I never knew
that."  On the other hand, LOADSTAR subscribers are a diverse lot.  So if
you have an interest or special knowledge in almost any subject area this
is a perfect forum in which to share it.


 KNEES' POSTMUMBLE: Bob Markland has done such a good job on CALHOON
UNIVERSITY and PROFESSOR CALHOON (on LS 64) that I've given him tenure as
the Quiz Editor for LOADSTAR.  So when you send me a quiz I pass it on to
him and he decides whether to edit it and return it to me for future
publication.  Therefore I can't tell you right away if it will be used or
not.  Bob can easily take care of typos and minor formatting problems but
we must rely on you to make sure the answers are accurate.  We would prefer
that you list your sources and references for the quizzes.  That way we can
pass that on when we publish it.  It will make us look like we know what
we're talking about.

 By the way, if you find an error in any of the answers, we of course
expect you to send us a nitpicking letter about it.  Nitpicking is a way of
life these days and we try to promote it as much as possible.  However,
don't expect us to do much about any errors you find.  We just want to
know.

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