# Quizzes
easy_quiz = "'Portugal is a country in ___1___. Portugal is bordered to the \
east by ___2___, and to the west by the ___3___ Ocean. ___4___ is the primary language \
spoken in Portugal.'"
medium_quiz = "'Tanzania is a country in ___1___. Tanzania is popular for \
travelers interested in climbing Mount ___2___ or going on safari in the \
___3___ National Park. The island of ___4___ lies just to the east of Tanzania \
and is popular for its beaches and marine life.'"
hard_quiz = "'Thailand is a country in Southeast ___1___. A popular city in \
northern Thailand is ___2___. Thailand has many ___3___ off its southern coast, \
and is bordered to the south by ___4___, another beautiful country.'"

# Answers
easy_answers = ["europe", "spain", "atlantic", "portuguese"]
medium_answers = ["africa", "kilimanjaro", "serengeti", "zanzibar"]
hard_answers = ["asia", "chiang mai", "islands", "malaysia"]

# A list of the blanks to be replaced by the player's guesses
blanks = ["___1___", "___2___", "___3___", "___4___"]

# Introduction Text
print "Welcome to the Fill-in-the-Blanks Quiz!"

# Main contents of game. For each blank in the quiz, asks the player to enter an answer. Players
# have three attempts to answer each question. If they answer incorrectly, they will be prompted
# to try again. If they answer correctly, the blank will be filled in and they will be asked
# the next question. Once all questions are correctly answered, the game will say "You won!" and end.
def play_game(quiz, answers):
    index = 0
    attempts_left = 3
    quiz = quiz.split()
    while index <= 3 and attempts_left > 0:
        for word in quiz:
            if word in blanks:
                user_guess = raw_input("Fill in number " + str(index + 1) + ": ").lower()
                if user_guess != answers[index]:
                    attempts_left = attempts_left - 1
                    if attempts_left == 0:
                        print "Sorry - you lose!"
                        break
                    print "That's not correct! You have " + str(attempts_left) + " tries left!"
                else:
                    quiz = " ".join(quiz)
                    quiz = quiz.replace(blanks[index], user_guess)
                    print "Correct!" + "\n" + quiz
                    quiz = quiz.split()
                    index = index + 1
                    attempts_left = 3
                    if index == 4:
                        print "You won!"

# Asks player to select level of difficulty. If they don't answer with either
# easy, medium, or hard, it will ask them again.
def select_difficulty():
    chosen_level = raw_input("Please select your level of difficulty: easy, medium, or hard: ").lower()
    if chosen_level == "easy":
        print "You've selected the easy quiz! You have 3 attempts to fill in each blank. Let's begin!"
        print easy_quiz
        return play_game(easy_quiz, easy_answers)
    elif chosen_level == "medium":
        print "You've selected the medium quiz! You have 3 attempts to fill in each blank. Let's begin!"
        print medium_quiz
        return play_game(medium_quiz, medium_answers)
    elif chosen_level == "hard":
        print "You've selected the hard quiz! You have 3 attempts to fill in each blank. Let's begin!"
        print hard_quiz
        return play_game(hard_quiz, hard_answers)
    else:
        print "I didn't understand your answer."
        select_difficulty()
select_difficulty()