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Quiz about Opening Lines from Books
Quiz about Opening Lines from Books

Opening Lines from Books Trivia Quiz


Do you love reading as much as I do? Do you think you remember the opening lines from some of your favorite books? Test your knowledge here with every kind of book from classic children's books, to modern best-sellers and everything in between.

A multiple-choice quiz by shermanator7. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
shermanator7
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
140,782
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1529
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Question 1 of 10
1. "Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York." Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "On a morning in mid-April, 1687, the brigantine 'Dolphin' left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound to the wide mouth of the Connecticut River and into Saybrook harbor." Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "The scenes of this story, as its title indicates, lie among a race hitherto ignored by the associations of polite and refined society; an exotic race, whose ancestors, born beneath a tropic sun, brought with them, and perpetuated to their descendants, a character so essentially unlike the hard and dominant Anglo-Saxon race, as for many years to have won from it only misunderstanding and contempt." Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Matthias cut a comical little figure as he wobbled his way along the cloisters, with his large sandals flip-flopping and his tail peeping from beneath the baggy folds of an oversized novice's habit." Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, named Kreutznaer, who settled first at Hull." Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive." Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "Algernon: Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?" Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name, Phillip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip." Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "My New Year's Resolution by Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Ronaldo, Age 14 years and 8 months" Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York."

Answer: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith tells the story of a girl growing up in poverty and hard times.
2. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

Answer: The Hobbit

"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is about a hobbit finding his courage on an extraordinary life-altering journey.
3. "On a morning in mid-April, 1687, the brigantine 'Dolphin' left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound to the wide mouth of the Connecticut River and into Saybrook harbor."

Answer: The Witch of Blackbird Pond

"The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Spears is a book about a young girl's rebellion that leads to a witch hunt and trial.
4. "The scenes of this story, as its title indicates, lie among a race hitherto ignored by the associations of polite and refined society; an exotic race, whose ancestors, born beneath a tropic sun, brought with them, and perpetuated to their descendants, a character so essentially unlike the hard and dominant Anglo-Saxon race, as for many years to have won from it only misunderstanding and contempt."

Answer: Uncle Tom's Cabin

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe made Americans realize how badly slaves were being treated and that slavery should end. It was definitely one of the reasons the war started, out of many.
5. "Matthias cut a comical little figure as he wobbled his way along the cloisters, with his large sandals flip-flopping and his tail peeping from beneath the baggy folds of an oversized novice's habit."

Answer: Redwall

"Redwall" by Brian Jacques is about a heroic mouse trying to save Redwall Abbey from being conquered by an evil rat.
6. "I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, named Kreutznaer, who settled first at Hull."

Answer: Robinson Crusoe

"Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe tells the story of one man who is shipwrecked on a tropical island.
7. "The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive."

Answer: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is the story of Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts.
8. "Algernon: Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?"

Answer: The Importance of Being Earnest

"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde is an excellent play (which you can read in book form) that was recently made into a wonderful movie.
9. "My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name, Phillip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip."

Answer: Great Expectations

"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is about a little orphan boy being raised by relatives and having "great expectations" about his life after a mysterious benefactor appears.
10. "My New Year's Resolution by Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Ronaldo, Age 14 years and 8 months"

Answer: Princess in Waiting

All of the books by Meg Cabot are about Mia, a girl trying to deal with high school and her country. "The Princess Bride", of course, is by William Goldman.
Source: Author shermanator7

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