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The End is Here Trivia Quiz


Just as opening lines are crucial to novels, so are the final lines. Here are ten quotes that have ended novels.

A photo quiz by pennie1478. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
pennie1478
Time
4 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
366,612
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1734
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: japh (10/10), Dagny1 (8/10), Guest 130 (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come." What was the name of the war novel that ended with this line? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. What Douglas Adams' sci-fi series ended its first book with the line, "We'll take in a quick bite at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe"?
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Question 3 of 10
3. Jacqueline Susann finished what provocative second novel with the line, "After all, it was New Years Eve"?

Answer: (four word novel)
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Question 4 of 10
4. Which Italo Calvino novel ends with this warning? "But what I wanted to warn you about is something else: all the future Berenices are already present in this instant, wrapped one within the other, confined, crammed, inextricable." Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Whose memoir ended with the line, "She turned out the light and I patted my son's body lightly and went back to sleep"? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. "He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance" is the final line that finishes the story of "Dracula".


Question 7 of 10
7. "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all" is the final sentence in "The Masque of the Red Death" written by what gothic novelist? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. "I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth." What book written by a Bronte sister ended with this statement? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Raymond Chandler ended his mystery novel with this final statement, "You could see a long way - but not as far as Velma had gone". What was the name of the novel? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. What Southern author ended her first and only novel with the line, "After all, tomorrow is another day"? Hint



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1. "Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come." What was the name of the war novel that ended with this line?

Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Remarque wrote "All Quiet on the Western Front" and published it in 1926. The last line is about the soldier named Paul who died on an unnaturally peaceful day of World War I on the western front.
2. What Douglas Adams' sci-fi series ended its first book with the line, "We'll take in a quick bite at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe"?

Answer: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

This line quoted by Zaphod ended the first book in the "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. The first book was written by Douglas Adams and published in 1979. It was originally a radio broadcast on BBC Radio.
3. Jacqueline Susann finished what provocative second novel with the line, "After all, it was New Years Eve"?

Answer: Valley of the Dolls

"Valley of the Dolls" was written by Jacqueline Susann and published in 1966. The last line is spoken by Neely, a recovering addict and former Broadway star, who decides to take two of her pills on New Years Eve since it is a holiday.
4. Which Italo Calvino novel ends with this warning? "But what I wanted to warn you about is something else: all the future Berenices are already present in this instant, wrapped one within the other, confined, crammed, inextricable."

Answer: Invisible Cities

"Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino was translated into English by William Weaver. The book was published in Italian in 1972 and in English in 1974. The story is of Marco Polo having a conversation with Kublai Khan about fifty-five cities. Because neither man speaks the same language, Marco has to act out what he's saying to Kublai Khan.

The book was issued the Nebula Award in 1976 for best novel. The Berenice that is mentioned in the final sentence of the book is the name given to unjust cities.
5. Whose memoir ended with the line, "She turned out the light and I patted my son's body lightly and went back to sleep"?

Answer: Maya Angelou

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is a memoir of Maya Angelou, published in 1969. The last line describes Maya's mother turning off the bedroom light so that she, Maya, and Maya's baby boy could go back to sleep.
6. "He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance" is the final line that finishes the story of "Dracula".

Answer: False

"Frankenstein" was written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. The last line describes the death of Frankenstein's monster.
7. "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all" is the final sentence in "The Masque of the Red Death" written by what gothic novelist?

Answer: Poe

Edgar Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" was published in 1842. The last line of the story is telling for all the characters in that no one can escape darkness and death.
8. "I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth." What book written by a Bronte sister ended with this statement?

Answer: Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte wrote one book in her entire life, called "Wuthering Heights". The last line is thought by Lockwood as he thinks about Catherine and Heathcliff being ghosts wandering around the moors of Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. "Wuthering Heights" was published in 1847 to bad reviews.
9. Raymond Chandler ended his mystery novel with this final statement, "You could see a long way - but not as far as Velma had gone". What was the name of the novel?

Answer: Farewell, My Lovely

Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely" was published in 1940. This is the second book to star Philip Marlowe. The last line is stated by Marlowe, about a woman named Velma who committed suicide after killing her boyfriend.
10. What Southern author ended her first and only novel with the line, "After all, tomorrow is another day"?

Answer: Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" was published in 1936. The final line is spoken by Scarlett O'Hara after she is abruptly left by Rhett Butler.
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