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Literary Lines

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Literary Lines game quiz
"Here's a look at some memorable literary lines - placed in context."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. The opening line to "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens is well-known, beginning with "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..." What words immediately follow?
    It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness
    It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair
    It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity
    It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness


2. "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe may be the most famous American poem. The raven speaks one word in response to assorted questions and comments that are posed by the narrator. What is the first question asked by the narrator that elicits the famous "nevermore" response?
    He asks what the bird is doing outside on such a difficult night.
    He asks if he will ever again see Lenore.
    He asks the birds name.
    He asks if the bird will ever leave him.


3. Everyone has heard John Donne's line: "Never send to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." The preceding line states that "any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in ...?
    The World
    Humanity
    Mankind
    Love


4. "He did not wear his scarlet coat, for blood and wine are red ..."
It's a good opening line for a poem. Who wrote it?
    Lord Byron
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    Robert Frost
    Oscar Wilde


5. "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" begins a well-known speech in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". Who speaks these famous lines?
    Macduff
    Lady Macbeth
    Banquo
    Macbeth


6. In one of his plays, Tennessee Williams has a character ask: "what's the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?" What is the answer?
    Staying on as long as she can
    Being content
    Pretending the pain doesn't exist
    Finding another cat with a worse problem


7. The narrator in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" tells his story to
an individual who is attending a ... ?
    Funeral
    Wedding
    Christening
    Childbirth


8. In what play does Shakespeare observe that "conscience does make cowards of us all"?
    Hamlet
    Julius Caesar
    Othello
    King Lear


9. "Please sir, I want some more" is a line from what work?
    David Copperfield
    Bleak House
    Oliver Twist
    Great Expectations


10. Reference is sometimes made to "the playboy of the western world". Who wrote the play of that title?
    Elmer Rice
    George Bernard Shaw
    John Millington Synge
    Clifford Odets


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Compiled Jun 18 13