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Quiz about Opening Lines
Quiz about Opening Lines

Opening Lines Trivia Quiz


I hope you love literature as much as I do. In this test I give you the line and you tell me the novel it comes from.

A multiple-choice quiz by LadyMacbeth. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
LadyMacbeth
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
4,042
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
2748
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Question 1 of 10
1. 'Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.' Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.' Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 'All this happened, more or less.' Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. 'My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.' Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. 'The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.' Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.' Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'What's it going to be then, eh?' Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. 'It was a pleasure to burn.' Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. 'Now what I want is Facts.' Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 'It was love at first sight.' Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.'

Answer: A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens.
2. 'It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.'

Answer: Nineteen Eighty-Four

By George Orwell.
3. 'All this happened, more or less.'

Answer: Slaughter-House Five

By Kurt Vonnegut.
4. 'My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.'

Answer: Great Expectations

Also by Charles Dickens.
5. 'The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.'

Answer: The Picture of Dorian Gray

By Oscar Wilde.
6. 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.'

Answer: Jane Eyre

By Charlotte Bronte.
7. 'What's it going to be then, eh?'

Answer: A Clockwork Orange

By Anthony Burgess, later made into a Kubrik movie.
8. 'It was a pleasure to burn.'

Answer: Fahrenheit 451

By Ray Bradbury.
9. 'Now what I want is Facts.'

Answer: Hard Times

By Charles Dickens.
10. 'It was love at first sight.'

Answer: Catch-22

By Joseph Heller.
Source: Author LadyMacbeth

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