revision

information.dat

devices:Canon, Climax, Development, Fragmentation, Highlights, Hocif, Motif development, Repotition, Retrograde, unison
relationships:Accunilation, Counterpoint, Contact, Coupl ntzy, Contrast, Nanipulation of number, Lead and follow
techincal:Action content, Dynanic contant, Spatial content, Relationlhip content, Timing content, Rhythmic content
physical:Postuxo, Coordination, nobility, Extension, Mignnent, Control, suength, Isolation, Balance, Flaxibility
expressive:Choxeographic intention, Facial expression, Focul, Huaicality, Phrasinq, onjection, Sensicivity to others
mental:Movement memmory, Commitment, Concentxation, Confidence

quiz.py

"""
My suggestion for how to approach this using more dictionaries, sets, files and
all that good stuff
"""

# instead of randint, to use later
from random import choice

# it's all much easier to organise/extend if you put data in a separate file:
with open("information.dat", "r") as infofile:
    info = {category: list(map(str.strip, content.split(",")))
                for category, content in
                    (line.strip().split(":", maxsplit=1) for line in infofile)}

info_pairs = list(info.items())

# This produce a dictionary like this:
# {'devices': ['Canon',
#              'Climax',
#              'Development',
#              'Fragmentation',
#              'Highlights',
#              'Hocif',
#              'Motif development',
#              'Repotition',
#              'Retrograde',
#              'unison'],
#  'expressive': ['Choxeographic intention',
#                 'Facial expression',
#                 'Focul',
#                 'Huaicality',
#                 'Phrasinq',
#                 'onjection',
#                 'Sensicivity to others'],
#  'mental': ['Movement memmory', 'Commitment', 'Concentxation', 'Confidence'],
#  'physical': ['Postuxo',
#               'Coordination',
#               'nobility',
#               'Extension',
#               'Mignnent',
#               'Control',
#               'suength',
#               'Isolation',
#               'Balance',
#               'Flaxibility'],
#  'relationships': ['Accunilation',
#                    'Counterpoint',
#                    'Contact',
#                    'Coupl ntzy',
#                    'Contrast',
#                    'Nanipulation of number',
#                    'Lead and follow'],
#  'techincal': ['Action content',
#                'Dynanic contant',
#                'Spatial content',
#                'Relationlhip content',
#                'Timing content',
#                'Rhythmic content']}
# spelling errors due to laziness in transcription

while True:
    # rather than lots of "if" statements, just use "choice" to select one
    # random pair
    name, words_list = choice(info_pairs)
    print("Category: {!r}".format(name))
    # build a set of words to be guessed, so you can't just keep guessing the
    # same one
    words = set(words_list)
    # list of guessed words for prompting
    guessed = []
    # while there is anything left to guess
    while words:
        attempt = "" # always fails length check
        while (not any(attempt.lower() in word.lower() for word in words)
                or len(attempt) < 3):
            # display current category, guessed items and # of items left to
            # guess
            attempt = input("{!r} -({})+{}. Make a guess: ".format(name,
                                                                   ", ".join(guessed),
                                                                   len(words)))
        to_remove = next(word for word in words if attempt.lower() in word.lower())
        print("correct! removing {} from the list".format(to_remove))
        words.remove(to_remove)
        guessed.append(to_remove)
    print("All together: {}".format(", ".join(words_list)))