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Quiz about Authors and Their Words
Quiz about Authors and Their Words

Authors and Their Words Trivia Quiz


These are some of the best lines I've collected over the years. See if you know which great author said them. But if you don't, maybe this will spark some interest.

A multiple-choice quiz by sr337. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
sr337
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
54,001
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
982
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Question 1 of 10
1. Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In time we hate that which we often fear. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The events of our lives happen in a sequence of time; but in their significance to ourselves, they find their own order. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Lord, how the day passes! It's like a life - so quickly when we don't watch it, and so slowly if we do. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. There is but one categorical imperative, namely this: Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Be it true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.

Answer: Victor Hugo

'Les Miserables'
2. One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about.

Answer: Oscar Wilde

'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
3. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

'The Great Gatsby'
4. In time we hate that which we often fear.

Answer: William Shakespeare

'Anthony and Cleopatra'
5. All happy families are {alike;} each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Answer: Leo Tolstoy

'Anna Karenina'
6. The events of our lives happen in a sequence of {time;} but in their significance to ourselves, they find their own order.

Answer: Eudora Welty

'One Winter's Beginning'
7. Lord, how the day passes! It's like a life - so quickly when we don't watch it, and so slowly if we do.

Answer: John Steinbeck

'East of Eden'
8. Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice.

Answer: Stephen King

'The Shawshank Redemption'
9. There is but one categorical imperative, namely this: Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

Answer: Immanuel Kant

'Critique of Practical Reason'
10. Live all you {can;} it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?

Answer: Henry James

'The Ambassadors'
Source: Author sr337

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