Question about Title

Hi All,
I am confused about "the title must be the first line in your book"
Does that mean you should just write "My Title Here" as the first line in the document, basically, and then go on from there with the actual book?
I think maybe I'm not understanding the rule correctly, because that seems unexpected because that seems like it would be very boring.
Any thoughts appreciated.
thanks.

Karbyn_Eilde wrote:
From the "eBook creator guide" by Lulu
(sorry, my bad, I should have posted this with the original question, I know)
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Title Page:
The very first thing you want your reader to see is your title – not blank spaces before your title. Therefore, your title must be on the very first line of the manuscript and be formatted as Heading 1 style. This allows the Lulu EPUB converter to correctly identify and display your book’s title in the eBook TOC. If you aren’t a big fan of the way the Heading 1 style looks, you can modify the style or create a new one.
If your title is not on the first line (i.e. hard returns precede it), the name you entered in the manuscript’s properties file will display in the TOC. If the properties filename is blank, the converter will display the title as “untitled” in the TOC. Both of these situations will result in your eBook being rejected for distribution.
=============================
So, from what the posters have said, this sounds like the traditional "title page" would cover this requirement - just have a separate page for "title page" and that will put the Title as the "very first line of the manuscript & formatted as Heading 1 style".
Then, just to be safe, I guess also make sure the Title is the first line in your marketing cover image, too.
And that makes sense to me, because I would reasonably want the Title to be first and big on the cover, of course.
Thanks, all, much appreciated!
EPubs do not as such, have pages, so there's no need for New Sections and other Page Break types. But a TOC is insisted on even if it only includes a Title and a Copyright as two TOC entries. So in effect the title is the first line, and that is tagged with Heading Style 1 to place it as the first item in the TOC (even though the TOC will be the 3rd 'page', usually) Next will be Copyright tagged with Heading Style 1, but the actual Copyright blurb in Bodytext. And so on if you wish to tag chapter headings with Heading Style 1 also.
But in practice, the title are the first words, even if you type it much much later.
The cover, or as Lulu calls it, the Marketing Image, has nothing to do with your manuscript file. It's not part of the manuscript file or that part of the Project Wizard because there's also a Cover Wizard within it and you deal with the cover there (even though it's not a cover a such) as you would any book cover. You will not see it in the Epub file Preview until later. I think Lulu's boffins add to the ePub file as the first 'page', you do not need to.

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 this(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Clients can invoke this method to retrieve the text of the current question.
 // We chose to return the text instead of printing it; this allows the client
 // to decide how it should be presented (via a GUI, over a network, etc.)
 public String getQuestion ()
 return questionText;
 // This method allows the client to store the user's answer inside the
 // TrueFalseQuestion object for easy comparison
 public void submitAnswer (String ans)
 userAnswer = ans;
 // This method reports whether the submitted answer matches the correct answer
 public boolean answerIsCorrect(String userAns) // This version does all the work
 if (userAns == null) // No response from user (yet)
 return false;
 else
 // Normalize and compare answers
 char key = normalize(correctAnswer); // Get 't' or 'f'
 char ans = normalize(userAns); // Get 't' or 'f'
 return (key == ans);
 public boolean answerIsCorrect ()
 return answerIsCorrect(userAnswer); // Call previously-defined version
 public int getPointsValue()
 return pointsValue;
 // Return the points awarded for the user's answer. This method does
 // NOT support partial credit; answers are either correct or incorrect.
 // If the "No-BS" option is selected, blank (unanswered) questions receive
 // 1 point automatically; otherwise, the score will be either 0 or the
 // question's normal points value.
 public int getPointsEarned(boolean useNoBSRule)
System.out.println("useNoBS: " + useNoBSRule + "\tuserAnswer: " + userAnswer + "\tcorrectAnswer: " + correctAnswer);
 if (useNoBSRule && (userAnswer == null))
 return 1;
 else if (userAnswer == null)
 return 0; // Without "No-BS", treat blank problems as incorrect
 if (answerIsCorrect() == false)
 return 0;
 else
 return pointsValue;
 // This method returns true if the user has submitted an answer
 // for this question (regardless of whether that answer is correct)
 public boolean hasBeenAnswered ()
 return (userAnswer != null);
 // Private helper method to convert all answers to single lowercase
 // letters (in this case, 't' for TRUE and 'f' for FALSE)
 private char normalize (String input)
 if (input != null)
 input = input.trim(); // Remove leading whitespace
 input = input.toLowerCase();
 return input.charAt(0);
 else
 return ' ';
import java.util.*;
* This class represents a complete test or quiz.
* Data stored:
* - List of questions
* - Total score earned
* - Total score possible
* - Name/title of test
* - Instructions
* - Category/class assignment
* - Student (test-taker) name
* - Date test is/was taken
* - Time started
* - Time completed
* - Maximum time allotted
* - (List of) Maximum attempts per question
* - List of attempts per question
* - List of difficulty ratings per question
* - Assignment weight
* Methods:
* - Constructor
* - Add question
* - Display question
* - Display test
* - Display instructions
* - Generate random exam
* - Take/administer test
* - Get score
* STUFF TO DO:
* - Add time/date restrictions
* - Add network access restrictions
* - Add other restrictions/allowances?
* @author (your name)
* @version (a version number or a date)
public class Test
 // Class constant
 public static final int MAX_NUMBER_OF_QUESTIONS = 10;
 // Class instance variables
 private String testName;
 private int scoreEarned; // What the student earned on the exam
 private int scorePossible; // Total point values of all questions
 private String instructions; // Exam header text
 private ArrayList<TrueFalseQuestion> questions; // Create inside constructor
 // Methods
 public Test (String name, String instr)
 testName = name;
 scoreEarned = 0;
 scorePossible = 0;
 instructions = instr;
 questions = new ArrayList<TrueFalseQuestion>(); //[MAX_NUMBER_OF_QUESTIONS];
 public String getInstructions()
 return instructions;
 public int getScore()
 return scoreEarned;
 public void addQuestion (TrueFalseQuestion q)
 scorePossible += q.getPointsValue();
 questions.add(q); // Automatically append question to end of test
 public String displayQuestion (int position)
 if (position < questions.size())
 return (position+1) + ". " + questions.get(position).getQuestion();
 else
 return null;
 public String displayTest ()
 String result = "";
 for (int i = 0; i < questions.size(); i++)
 result += (i+1) + ". (";
 TrueFalseQuestion t = questions.get(i);
 result += t.getPointsValue();
 result += " points)\n\n" + displayQuestion(i);
 result += "\n\n";
 return result;
 // Get test length (number of questions)
 public int length ()
 return questions.size();
 // Submit answer to a specific question
 public boolean answer(int number, String a)
 // Question numbers run from 0-(max-1) -- THIS WAS AN OFF-BY-ONE ERROR AT FIRST
 if (number >= 0 && number < questions.size())
 TrueFalseQuestion t = questions.get(number);
 t.submitAnswer(a);
 return true; // Question was answered
 else
 return false; // Unable to answer (nonexistent) question
 // Score exam
 public void scoreExam (boolean useNoBS)
 scoreEarned = 0;
 for (int i = 0; i < questions.size(); i++) // For each question in exam
 TrueFalseQuestion t = questions.get(i); // get current question
 scoreEarned += t.getPointsEarned(useNoBS);
}// Test harness for the Test and *Question classes
import java.util.*;
public class QuizDriver
 public static void main(String[] args)
 // Create a new Test object
 Test exam = new Test("Sample Exam", "Select the correct answer for each question");
 setUp(exam);
 Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 System.out.println(exam.getInstructions());
 // Administer exam
 for (int i = 0; i < exam.length(); i++)
 // Print out current question
 System.out.println(exam.displayQuestion(i));
 // Get user answer
 System.out.print("Your answer: ");
 String ans = sc.nextLine();
 if (ans.equals("")) // Handle blank responses for unanswered questions
 ans = null;
 exam.answer(i, ans);
 // Get exam results
 exam.scoreExam(true);
 System.out.println("Your final score was " + exam.getScore() + " points.");
 private static void setUp (Test t)
 TrueFalseQuestion x = new TrueFalseQuestion("The sky is blue.", "true", 2);
 t.addQuestion(x);
 x = new TrueFalseQuestion("The first FORTRAN compiler debuted in 1957", "true", 5);
 t.addQuestion(x);
 x = new TrueFalseQuestion("Spock was a Vulcan", "false", 3);
 t.addQuestion(x);
}This program is far from finishing.
I have many questions about this program, but let me ask this one first:
In the TrueFalseQeustion class, why are there so many constructors? What is the purpose of setting some of the variables to default values?
Thank you very much!!!
Edited by: Terry001 on Apr 16, 2008 10:02 AM

newark wrote:
Stop ignoring the error messages. You seem to think that an error message means you're doing the assignment wrong. It's probably a simple fix. Post the exact error messages, as well as the code that corresponds to them. The error message will tell you exactly what line the problem occurs on, so you know right where to look.Hi,
After some modifications, the program now gives me the result the assignment wants when I run it. But I still have trouble with the MultipleChoiceQuestion class
Here is the complete program
QuizDriver class
// Test harness for the Test and *Question classes
import java.util.*;
public class QuizDriver
 public static void main(String[] args)
 // Create a new Test object
 Test exam = new Test("Sample Exam", "Select the correct answer for each question");
 setUp(exam);
 Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 System.out.println(exam.getInstructions());
 // Administer exam
 for (int i = 0; i < exam.length(); i++)
 // Print out current question
 System.out.println(exam.displayQuestion(i));
 // Get user answer
 System.out.print("Your answer: ");
 String ans = sc.nextLine();
 if (ans.equals("")) // Handle blank responses for unanswered questions
 ans = null;
 exam.answer(i, ans);
 // Get exam results
 exam.scoreExam(true);
 System.out.println("Your final score was " + exam.getScore() + " points.");
 private static void setUp (Test t)
 Question x;
 x = new TrueFalseQuestion("The sky is blue.", "true", 2);
 t.addQuestion(x);
 x = new TrueFalseQuestion("The first FORTRAN compiler debuted in 1957", "true", 5);
 t.addQuestion(x);
 x = new TrueFalseQuestion("Spock was a Vulcan", "false", 3);
 t.addQuestion(x);
 x = new MultipleChoiceQuestion("What is the color of the car\na.Red\nb.Green", "a. Red", 3);
 t.addQuestion(x);
 x = new MultipleChoiceQuestion("What is the name of this class\na.CSE110\nb.CSE114", "b, CSE114", 3);
 t.addQuestion(x);
}Test
public class Test
 // Class constant
 public static final int MAX_NUMBER_OF_QUESTIONS = 10;
 // Class instance variables
 private String testName;
 private int scoreEarned; // What the student earned on the exam
 private int scorePossible; // Total point values of all questions
 private String instructions; // Exam header text
 private ArrayList<Question> questions; // Create inside constructor
 // Methods
 public Test (String name, String instr)
 testName = name;
 scoreEarned = 0;
 scorePossible = 0;
 instructions = instr;
 questions = new ArrayList<Question>(); //[MAX_NUMBER_OF_QUESTIONS];
 public String getInstructions()
 return instructions;
 public int getScore()
 return scoreEarned;
 public void addQuestion (Question q)
 scorePossible += q.getPointsValue();
 questions.add(q); // Automatically append question to end of test
 public String displayQuestion (int position)
 if (position < questions.size())
 return (position+1) + ". " + questions.get(position).getQuestion();
 else
 return null;
 public String displayTest ()
 String result = "";
 for (int i = 0; i < questions.size(); i++)
 result += (i+1) + ". (";
 Question t = questions.get(i);
 result += t.getPointsValue();
 result += " points)\n\n" + displayQuestion(i);
 result += "\n\n";
 return result;
 // Get test length (number of questions)
 public int length ()
 return questions.size();
 // Submit answer to a specific question
 public boolean answer(int number, String a)
 // Question numbers run from 0-(max-1) -- THIS WAS AN OFF-BY-ONE ERROR AT FIRST
 if (number >= 0 && number < questions.size())
 Question t = questions.get(number);
 t.submitAnswer(a);
 return true; // Question was answered
 else
 return false; // Unable to answer (nonexistent) question
 // Score exam
 public void scoreExam (boolean useNoBS)
 scoreEarned = 0;
 for (int i = 0; i < questions.size(); i++) // For each question in exam
 Question t = questions.get(i); // get current question
 scoreEarned += t.getPointsEarned(useNoBS);
}Question
public class Question
// Class constants
public static final int MIN_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL = 1;
public static final int MAX_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL = 5;
public static final int DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL = 1;
public static final int DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE = 1;
public static final String DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE = "none";
// Class instance variables
protected String questionText;
protected String correctAnswer;
protected String userAnswer;
protected int pointsValue;
protected String category;
protected int difficultyLevel; //TODO: set a range for difficulty levels
// Constructors
public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 questionText = text.trim();
 correctAnswer = answer.trim();
 userAnswer = null;
 if (pts >= 1)
 pointsValue = pts;
 else
 pointsValue = DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE;
 category = ctgry.trim();
 if (level >= MIN_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL && level <= MAX_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL)
 difficultyLevel = level;
 else
 difficultyLevel = DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL;
 // Overloaded (simplied) constructors
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts)
 this(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 this(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 this(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public Question (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 this(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 public String getQuestion ()
 return questionText;
 // Use this method to store user answers
 public void submitAnswer (String ans)
 userAnswer = ans;
 public boolean answerIsCorrect (String userAns)
 if (userAns == null)
 return false;
 else
 // Normalize and compare answers
 char key = normalize (correctAnswer); //Get the first letter of an answer
 char ans = normalize (userAns); //Get the first letter of an answer
 return (key == ans);
 public boolean answerIsCorrect ()// Why do we need two answerisCorrect() methods?
 return answerIsCorrect (userAnswer);
 public int getPointsValue ()
 return pointsValue;
 public int getPointsEarned (boolean userNoBSRule)
 System.out.println ("useNoBS: " + userNoBSRule + "\tuseAnswer: " + userAnswer + "\tcorrectAnswer: " + correctAnswer);
 if (userNoBSRule && (userAnswer == null))
 return 1;
 else if (userAnswer == null)
 return 0;
 if (answerIsCorrect() == false)
 return 0;
 else
 return pointsValue;
 public String getCorrectAnswer ()
 return correctAnswer;
 public boolean hasBeenAnswered ()
 return (userAnswer != null);
 private char normalize (String input)
 if (input != null)
 input = input.trim();
 input = input.toLowerCase();
 return input.charAt(0);
 else
 return ' ';
 TrueFalseQuestion
public class TrueFalseQuestion extends Question
public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, level);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public TrueFalseQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 public String[] getPossibleAnswerChoice ()
 String[] possibleAnswerChoice = {"true", "false"};
 return possibleAnswerChoice;
} MultipleChoiceQuestion
public class MultipleChoiceQuestion extends Question
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, level);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, pts, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, String ctgry)
 super(text, answer, DEFAULT_POINT_VALUE, ctgry, DEFAULT_DIFFICULTY_LEVEL);
 public MultipleChoiceQuestion (String text, String answer, int pts, int level)
 super(text, answer, pts, DEFAULT_CATEGORY_VALUE, level);
 // Methods
 String possibleAnswers;
 public String getPossibleAnswers ()
 return possibleAnswers;
 public void addAnswerChoice (String answerChoice)
 String ansChoice = answerChoice;
 questionText += "\nansChoice";
 possibleAnswers = answerChoice;
 public void printAnswerChoice ()
 System.out.println (questionText);
} I don't understand why the assignment wants me to build a method in the MultpleChoiceQuestion class to store the potential answer choices, I can make the program display the potential answer choices by including them in the questionText as following in the QuizDriver class
Question x;
x = new MultipleChoiceQuestion("What is the color of the car\na.Red\nb.Green", "a. Red", 3);
t.addQuestion(x); I don't know how to allow the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time(add one potential answer choice by calling the addAsnwerChoices() method once)
Here are a few original sentences of my assignment which describe what I should do with the MultipleChoiceQuestion class
Using TrueFalseQuestion as a model, develop a new MultipleChoiceQuestion class that can be used to represent a problem where the user must select one of several answer choices (e.g., "Select answer (a), (b), (c), or (d)."). This new question type should have all of the same externally-visible functionality as TrueFalseQuestion, except that it must:
maintain a list of potential answer choices
provide a method that allows the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time (i.e., the client should be able to call an addAnswerChoice() method to pass a new answer option to the MultipleChoiceQuestion.)
display (as part of the question text) the list of answer choices with appropriate letters ("abcd" instead of "0123") I don't understand what these sentences mean.
1. "Maintain a list of potential answer choices"-- this reminds me of the getPossibleAnswerChoice() method in the TrueFalseQuestion class
public String[] getPossibleAnswerChoice ()
 String[] possibleAnswerChoice = {"true", "false"};
 return possibleAnswerChoice;
 }I wonder that if the potential answer choices I have to store in the MultipleChoiceQuestion class are only letters "a", "b", "c", "d", etc, or include the answer text coming after the letters(eg. a.Red, b.Green)
2. "provide a method that allows the client to construct the list of answer choices one at a time". How do I achieve the functionality "one at a time"? Do I need to pass the input of the client (a potential answer choice) to the variable of the method which stores the list of potential answers?
3. "display (as part of the question text) the list of answer choices with appropriate letters". My question here is that: When the client type in one possible answer, should I append it to the variable questionText? (So I use the questionText variable in the methods of the first and second steps)
Thank you very much for your nice help!
Edited by: Terry001 on Apr 21, 2008 8:01 AM

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