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Famous Last Words! Trivia Quiz

They always told me that the first sentence and the last sentence of the essay were the most important, and the same applies to great works of literature!

A multiple-choice quiz by ArleneRimmer. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ArleneRimmer

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
99,107

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1370

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these is the last line of the book 'Jane Eyre'? Hint

Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus.

Farewell.

Papa, Come!

And that was the End of it.

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known' are the immortal last words from which Dickens novel? Hint

Great Expectations

A Tale of Two Cities

A Christmas Carol

Hard Times

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Jane Austen book starts: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged . . .' and ends: '. . . had been the means of uniting them'? Hint

Mansfield Park

Sense and Sensibility

Pride and Prejudice

Persuasion

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which book ends: 'That might be the subject of a new story, but our present story is ended.' Hint

Crime and Punishment

North and South

War and Peace

Strangers and Brothers

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which initialled author wrote these famous last words? - 'But if the Professor was right it was only the beginning of the adventures in Narnia.' Hint

T. S. Eliot

J. M. Barrie

C. S. Lewis

P. L. Travers

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Question 6 of 10

6. The heroine's solution to everything is summed up in the last line of 'Gone with the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell. But what exactly did the last line say? Hint

I'll think about that tomorrow.

Tomorrow will start my new life.

The sun will come out tomorrow.

After all, tomorrow is another day.

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'But the provoking kitten only began on the other paw, and pretended it hadn't heard the question. Which do you think it was?' - immortal last words from which fantasy? Hint

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Through the Looking Glass

Peter Pan

James and the Giant Peach

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Question 8 of 10

8. The first line was 'The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.' What was the last line? Hint

I am still in the orchard at Birtwick standing with my old friends under the apple trees.

But I had done my best service, I think, before I put on khaki.

We can stop at Mancini's and have a little dinner on the way.

O, let me cry. Let me cry, my love.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which book ends: "'You're looking unusually cheerful today,' said the second-in-command."? Hint

Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)

Fatherland (Robert Harris)

Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)

The Three Musketeers (Alexander Dumas)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which well-known writer wrote this 'famous last word' - 'And now I think I have said sufficient'? Hint

William Shakespeare

Jane Austen

Anne Bronte

Charles Dickens

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these is the last line of the book 'Jane Eyre'?

Answer: Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus.

'Papa, Come' is from 'The Professor', and 'Farewell' from Vilette, both also by Charlotte Bronte.

2. 'It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known' are the immortal last words from which Dickens novel?

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities

This has got to be one of my favourite end quotes - such powerful words from Sydney Carton as he takes the place of his double on the guillotine so the love of his life may live in peace and happiness.

3. Which Jane Austen book starts: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged . . .' and ends: '. . . had been the means of uniting them'?

Answer: Pride and Prejudice

The timeless tale of Elizabeth and Darcy - it would be hard to beat this one for a classic love story.

4. Which book ends: 'That might be the subject of a new story, but our present story is ended.'

Answer: Crime and Punishment

. . . as written by Fyodor Dostoevsky at the close of his sweeping epic of Tzarist Russia. If you have never read this book I would recommend that you take it out of the library.

5. Which initialled author wrote these famous last words? - 'But if the Professor was right it was only the beginning of the adventures in Narnia.'

Answer: C. S. Lewis

This was from 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'. Although the books about Narnia are classified as 'children's books', they have a quality about them which does not age, and are just as enjoyable as a person gets older.

6. The heroine's solution to everything is summed up in the last line of 'Gone with the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell. But what exactly did the last line say?

Answer: After all, tomorrow is another day.

Rhett left Scarlett just as she came to realise how much she loved him, and she was determined to get him back again - the novel leaves her taking a deep breath, ready to fight to regain her lost love.

7. 'But the provoking kitten only began on the other paw, and pretended it hadn't heard the question. Which do you think it was?' - immortal last words from which fantasy?

Answer: Through the Looking Glass

This book and 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' were, of course, written by Lewis Carroll. 'Peter Pan' was written by J. M. Barrie and 'James and the Giant Peach' by Roald Dahl.

8. The first line was 'The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.' What was the last line?

Answer: I am still in the orchard at Birtwick standing with my old friends under the apple trees.

'We can stop at Mancini's and have a little dinner on the way.' comes from 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' by Arthur Conan Doyle. 'O, let me cry. Let me cry, my love.' comes from Catherine Cookson's 'The Maltese Angel'. 'But I had done my best service, I think, before I put on khaki.' comes from 'The 39 Steps' by John Buchan.

The first and last line quotes above come from Anna Sewell's 'Black Beauty'.

9. Which book ends: "'You're looking unusually cheerful today,' said the second-in-command."?

Answer: Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)

'Brideshead Revisited' was dramatised in the UK in the 1980s and is still immensely popular today; likewise, 'Gulliver's Travels' was produced by the BBC in the 1990s, a three-part series which was received with great acclaim. 'The Three Musketeers' has been the subject of various incarnations on the big screen, but my favourite has to be the tongue-in-cheek version with Richard Chamberlain and Oliver Reed with Racquel Welch!

10. Which well-known writer wrote this 'famous last word' - 'And now I think I have said sufficient'?

Answer: Anne Bronte

It seemed an apt quote to end the quiz!

Source: Author ArleneRimmer

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