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Famous First Lines
Can you identify these classic and famous novels by their opening lines?
Fun:
(2.33)
Difficulty:
(2.31)
Quiz ID: #5124
Category:
Literature
Submitted By:
dolphingurl12
Question #1
What novel opens with these words: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife"?
Your Answer:
3 words, 17 letters.
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Question #2
What novel opens with these words: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity...."?
Your Answer:
5 words, 16 letters.
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Question #3
What novel opens with these words: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen"?
Your Answer:
1 word, 4 letters. There are 3 alternate answers.
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Question #4
What novel opens with these words: "Call me Ishmael"?
Your Answer:
2 words, 8 letters.
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Question #5
What novel opens with these words: "In 1815, Monsieur Charles Francois-Bienvenu Myriel was Bishop of D------"?
Your Answer:
2 words, 13 letters.
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Question #6
What novel opens with these words: " 'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug"?
Your Answer:
2 words, 11 letters.
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Question #7
What novel opens with these words: "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow"?
Your Answer:
4 words, 18 letters.
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Question #8
What novel opens with these words: "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me..."?
Your Answer:
5 words, 18 letters. There is also an alternate answer.
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Question #9
What novel opens with these words: "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much"?
Your Answer:
6 words, 32 letters. There is also an alternate answer.
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Question #10
What novel opens with these words: "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him. Yossarian was in the hospital with a pain in his liver that fell just short of being jaundice"?
Your Answer:
1 word, 8 letters. There is also an alternate answer.
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