Usage

$ quixote -h
Quizzes and tests in Markdown

<https://crates.io/crates/quixote> / <https://github.com/qtfkwk/quixote>

---

Usage: quixote [OPTIONS] [PATH/GLOB]...

Arguments:
  [PATH/GLOB]...  

Options:
  -q <PATH>          Generate quiz(zes)
  -a <answers.json>  Grade quiz(zes)
  -r                 Print readme
  -h, --help         Print help
  -V, --version      Print version

$ quixote -V
quixote 0.7.4

Example

Create Markdown files with questions and answers

• example/src
  • addition.md
  • multiple-answer.md
  • subtraction.md
  • word-problems.md
  • match.md
  • [true-false.md]

• Use multiple files to organize questions and enable generating quizzes from any subset.
• Write questions in one or more paragraphs, optionally with any Markdown span syntax and/or tables, images, lists, etc.
• Place answers after all question content as an unordered list with the correct answer(s) in bold/strong.
• Use a rule (---) between questions.

Generate a quiz

quixote example/src -q example/1

• example/1
  • quiz.md: Quiz for students
  • answers.md: Quiz with answers
  • answers.json: Answer key

• The quiz includes all questions and answers, both in random order.

• To generate a quiz from a subset of source files, use one or more paths or globs to specify it; for example, to only include questions from addition.md and subtraction.md, the command is:

  quixote example/src/addition.md example/src/subtraction.md \
  -q example/addition-subtraction
  

• Path/glob arguments:

  • Absolute or relative path to a file or directory
  • Use your shell's globbing.
  • If using the -q option and an argument is a directory, it converts to directory/**/*.md to include all *.md files under directory/.
  • Use built-in globbing by properly quoting and/or escaping the argument so it is not interpreted by your shell. See the reference section on globbing below for more details.

Grade a quiz

Completed quiz (period-1.json):

{
  "description": "Quiz 1 - Period 1",
  "students": {
    "Alvin Anderson":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Beatrice Brown":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Chris Clark":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Denise Dixon":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Erik Edwards":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Francesca Franklin":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "George Green":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Harriet Halloway":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Isabelle Izzard":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "James Jones":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Kelly Kennedy":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Lawrence Lewis":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Michelle Miller":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Nikolai Nixon":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Olga Olson":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Patrick Poole":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Qira Quinn":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Ralph Rogers":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Sally Smith":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Thomas Taylor":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Ursula Upton":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Victor Vogel":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Winnie Walters":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Xavier Xerxes":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Yasmine York":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]},
    "Zander Zuckerman":{"1":["A"],"2":["A"],"3":["C"],"4":["A"],"5":["D","A","C","B"],"6":["D","A","C","B"],"7":["C"],"8":["D"],"9":["A","B","C","D","E","F"],"10":["B"],"11":["C","G"],"12":["D"]}
  }
}

Answer key (answers.json):

{"1":[["A"],false],"2":[["A"],false],"3":[["C"],false],"4":[["A"],false],"5":[["D","A","C","B"],true],"6":[["D","A","C","B"],true],"7":[["C"],false],"8":[["D"],false],"9":[["A","B","C","D","E","F"],false],"10":[["B"],false],"11":[["C","G"],false],"12":[["D"],false]}

Run:

quixote -a example/1/answers.json example/1/period-1.json \
>example/1/period-1.md

Output (period-1.md):

# Quiz 1 - Period 1

| Name               | Score | Percent | Grade | Questions |
|--------------------|------:|--------:|-------|-----------|
| Alvin Anderson     |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Beatrice Brown     |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Chris Clark        |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Denise Dixon       |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Erik Edwards       |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Francesca Franklin |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| George Green       |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Harriet Halloway   |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Isabelle Izzard    |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| James Jones        |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Kelly Kennedy      |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Lawrence Lewis     |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Michelle Miller    |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Nikolai Nixon      |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Olga Olson         |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Patrick Poole      |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Qira Quinn         |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Ralph Rogers       |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Sally Smith        |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Thomas Taylor      |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Ursula Upton       |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Victor Vogel       |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Winnie Walters     |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Xavier Xerxes      |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Yasmine York       |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |
| Zander Zuckerman   |    24 |  100.0% | A     |           |

| Description         | Value | Percent | Grade |
|---------------------|------:|--------:|-------|
| Number of students  |    26 |         |       |
| Number of questions |    12 |         |       |
| Total points        |    24 |         |       |
| High score          |    24 |  100.0% | A     |
| Low score           |    24 |  100.0% | A     |
| Mean score          |    24 |  100.0% | A     |
| A                   |    26 |  100.0% |       |
| B                   |     0 |    0.0% |       |
| C                   |     0 |    0.0% |       |
| D                   |     0 |    0.0% |       |
| F                   |     0 |    0.0% |       |

Changelog

• 0.1.0 (2023-12-06): Initial release
  • 0.1.1 (2023-12-06): Save the quiz grading report to a file
  • 0.1.2 (2023-12-06): Fix typo
  • 0.1.3 (2023-12-07): Clean up readme and code
• 0.2.0 (2023-12-07): Streamline design: -g is now -q, improved tables; debug: bat pager, don't create quiz directories; fix typo
• 0.3.0 (2023-12-08): Change answers list to a task list; miscellaneous optimizations and code clean up; improved example; update dependencies
  • 0.3.1 (2023-12-08): Right align value and percent columns in summary table
  • 0.3.2 (2023-12-11): Unstring Stat properties; fix markdown table function; update dependencies
• 0.4.0 (2023-12-12): Use veg to generate markdown tables
• 0.5.0 (2024-04-22): Add match questions; update dependencies
  • 0.5.1 (2024-04-22): Update dependencies
• 0.6.0 (2024-07-31): Order true/false answers; fix makefile; fix changelog; update dependencies
  • 0.6.1 (2024-10-24): Update dependencies
  • 0.6.2 (2024-12-04): Update dependencies; add commit target to makefile
  • 0.6.3 (2025-02-20): Update dependencies; miscellaneous housekeeping
  • 0.6.4 (2024-04-16): Update dependencies
• 0.7.0 (2024-08-27): Update dependencies; 2024 edition
  • 0.7.1 (2024-10-27): Update dependencies; cargo fmt
  • 0.7.2 (2024-10-27): Use pager2
  • 0.7.3 (2024-11-13): Update dependencies; use clap-cargo CLAP_STYLING; add clippy::pedantic to cargo clippy command in the clippy target in the makefile; clippy fixes
  • 0.7.4 (2025-11-14): Update dependencies; fix changelog

Reference

Globbing

• ? matches any single character.
• * matches any (possibly empty) sequence of characters.
• ** matches the current directory and arbitrary subdirectories. This sequence must form a single path component, so both **a and b** are invalid and will result in an error. A sequence of more than two consecutive * characters is also invalid.
• [...] matches any character inside the brackets. Character sequences can also specify ranges of characters, as ordered by Unicode, so e.g. [0-9] specifies any character between 0 and 9 inclusive. An unclosed bracket is invalid.
• [!...] is the negation of [...], i.e. it matches and characters not in the brackets.
• The metacharacters ?, *, [, ] can be matched by using brackets (e.g. [?]). When a ] occurs immediately following [ or [! then it is interpreted as being part of, rather then ending, the character set, so ] and NOT ] can be matched by []] and [!]] respectively. The - character can be specified inside a character sequence pattern by placing it at the start or the end, e.g. [abc-].

Source: Documentation for the glob::Pattern struct

See also glob on crates.io or docs.rs.