ABC Wednesday, L of Literature Quiz
Quiz : Who has written these lines? Can you mention the titles of the books? You could use Google of course, but wouldn't it be nice if you did it all by yourself? I am sure this quiz is not difficult.
1. O brave new world,
That has such people in it..
( used by two authors)
2. ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.
3.It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...
4. To be or not to be...
5.The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
6.Old Marley was as dead as a doornail.
7. Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.....
8.Jack:May I ask you then what you would advise me to do? I need hardly say I would do anything in the world to ensure Gwendolen's happiness.
Lady B.: I would strongly advise you,Mr W., to try and acquire some relations as soon as possible, and to make a definite effort to produce at any rate one parent, of either sex, before the season is quite over.
9.Please Sir may I have some more?
10. "Petrificus Totalus"..."Impedimenta! Incarcerus!
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Here are the authors, some of them have used two or more of the quotations,
and one quotation was used by two authors.
Rudyard Kipling
William Shakespeare
Oscar Wilde
J.K. Rowling
Charles Dickens
Aldous Huxley
J.R.R. Tolkien
George Orwell
I am looking forward to seeing your answers!
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18 comments:
I actually heard a Supreme Court justice read one of those!
Which one, Roger?
#5
What a great idea to have a literature quiz. And what choices you've given us to ponder!
Leslie
abcw team
Dang, I don't think I did well. I got a few but not enough to pass unless you grade on the curve. Of course when I saw the authors I could connect the dots. What a fun quiz. Thanks for the memory jog.
hmm...wrong time of the day for me to consider answering! maybe I'll be back, but I do like your post.
Once a teacher, always a teacher. This is a great one. Have missed you these last months without a laptop. Finally replaced it so am back among the blogging living. Hope you are well. genie
That was fun!
1. Huxley (?) 2. George Orwell. 3. Dickens (?)
4. Shakespeare 5. Tolkein 6. Dickens, definitely . 7. Kipling ? 8.Wilde
9. Dickens. 10. JK Rowling
Great idea! I could do all except the Tolkein.
1. Aldus Huxley
2. George Orwell
3. Charles Dickens
4. Shakespeare
5
6. Charles Dickens
7. Rudyard Kipling
8. Oscar Wilde
9. Charles Dickens
10. J.K.Rowling
Enjoyed doing the quiz.
I recognised the drawing from your thumbnail link as 'Oliver Twist' before I clicked on your blog - do I get extra points for that?
Tolkein, # 5, I was sure of - love the poetry in his books. The last one had to be from the Harry Potter books by Rowling.
The others .. not so sure of, but fun trying!
Happy ABC Wednesday!
Lea
Lea's Menagerie
That was fun, Wil, - I got stuck on No. 8....I see others have attributed it to Oscar Wilde, so I have learned something.
Got them all except the J. K.Rowling. Not a fan of Harry Potter but love the Oscar Wilde one. Fun!
Sorry Wil. Your English is so perfect that I forget there is every reason you wouldn't know our slang.
Teachers here will grade "on the curve" if the whole class did poorly on a test. She will take the highest score, even if it only had 80% of the answers correct and make that the standard for an A (which should be at least 90 or 95% correct). Not sure what symbol you use for the best score. Then the teacher lowers all the corresponding grades accordingly so that some one who might have received a normally non- passing grade will be given a better mark. Hope that explains and I will be more careful of my slang terms in the future. Really enjoyed your post.
Did not "ace" the test, but it was fun nonetheless.
Ann
Well, I don't think I'm even going to try. Some I knew immediately, and most I recognized but couldn't place them all.
Excellent quiz, though, Wil, and there were days when I would have thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I'll just be happy that I know the person who posted the quiz!
Thank you for being my friend.
Luv, K
I missed Wilde, Rowling and Kipling...But i did get the rest.
What a fun quiz!
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