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Quiz about Quotes Part III Literature Edition

Quotes Part III: Literature Edition Quiz

Who wrote these famous literary quotes that appeared in famous literary works?

A multiple-choice quiz by Wolfie001. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Wolfie001

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
223,631

Updated
Jul 23 22

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15

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Question 1 of 15

1. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ..." Hint

William Shakespeare

Ralph Waldo Emerson

George Orwell

Charles Dickens

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Question 2 of 15

2. "To be, or not to be: that is the question ..." Hint

William Shakespeare

Aristotle

Ren� Descartes

Francis Bacon

3. "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. By Order of the Author." Hint

Mark Twain

John Steinbeck

Henry David Thoreau

William Faulkner

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Question 4 of 15

4. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary..." Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Robert Frost

Francis Bacon

Emily Dickinson

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Question 5 of 15

5. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." Hint

William Faulkner

Jerome David Salinger

George Orwell

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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Question 6 of 15

6. "Who so would be a man must be a nonconformist." Hint

Robert Frost

Henry David Thoreau

Ralph Waldo Emerson

George Orwell

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Question 7 of 15

7. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both..." Hint

Henry David Thoreau

Francis Bacon

Robert Frost

Edgar Allan Poe

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Question 8 of 15

8. "It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us." Hint

Jane Austen

Henry David Thoreau

Emily Dickinson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Question 9 of 15

9. "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Henry David Thoreau

George Orwell

Robert Frost

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Question 10 of 15

10. "If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain..." Hint

Jane Austen

Edgar Allan Poe

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emily Dickinson

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Question 11 of 15

11. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." Hint

William Faulkner

George Orwell

Robert Frost

John Steinbeck

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Question 12 of 15

12. "Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I'd do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all." Hint

John Steinbeck

Jerome David Salinger

William Faulkner

Robert Frost

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Question 13 of 15

13. "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Hint

Francis Bacon

William Faulkner

Jerome David Salinger

Harper Lee

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Question 14 of 15

14. "Because no battle is ever won, he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools." Hint

William Faulkner

Ernest Hemingway

John Steinbeck

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

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Question 15 of 15

15. "As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment." Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

John Steinbeck

O. Henry

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ..."

Answer: Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812-June 9, 1870) was a novelist. His early pen-name was "Boz". This famous quote appeared in "A Tale of Two Cities".

2. "To be, or not to be: that is the question ..."

Answer: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 - April 23, 1616) was a famous poet and playwright. This question of philosophy appeared in Hamlet (Act III, Scene I).

Answer: Mark Twain

Mark Twain, a.k.a. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), was a popular and famous humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. This humorous little warning was included in his famous story: Huckleberry Finn.

4. "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary..."

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was a poet, short story writer, editor and critic. He is well known for his stories on macabre and also for his poems. This quote, for example, is the first line in Poe's famous poem: 'The Raven'.

5. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

Answer: Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was a novelist and short story writer. This quote was the last line in one of his four completed novels called "The Great Gatsby".

6. "Who so would be a man must be a nonconformist."

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882) was a famous essayist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to the Rev. William Emerson. This quote was in one of his essays called Self-Reliance.

7. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both..."

Answer: Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963) was a famous poet. During his life, he received a great deal of awards including four Pulitzer Prizes. This quote was the first two lines in a famous poem called 'The Road Not Taken'.

8. "It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us."

Answer: Jane Austen

Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 - July 18, 1817) was a novelist. This quote was written in one of her famous books called Pride and Prejudice (1813).

9. "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

Answer: Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862; born as David Henry Thoreau) was an author, essayist, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher. This quote appeared in Walden; his essay on civil disobedience.

10. "If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain..."

Answer: Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886) was a famous poet. This was the first two lines in a poem called "If I can Stop One Heart From Breaking."

11. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

Answer: George Orwell

George Orwell, a.k.a. Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903-January 21, 1950), was an author and journalist. His satirical allegory "Animal Farm" is very famous. It was written during World War II, but in view of the fact that it satirizes the Soviet Union publication had to wait till just after the end of the war. It is the book where this quote came from.

Answer: Jerome David Salinger

Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is a famous author. He is best known for his book first published in 1945 called the Catcher in the Rye. He has been a recluse since the publication of this book.

13. "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

Answer: Harper Lee

Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is one of the most famous writers of all time. She is best known for her book "To Kill a Mockingbird". The title of the book, as well as one of its principal themes, originated from this quote. Harper Lee won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for her novel.

14. "Because no battle is ever won, he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools."

Answer: William Faulkner

William Faulkner (September 25, 1897-July 6, 1962) is a famous American novelist. His most famous novels include The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and other celebrated works. This quote is from The Sound and the Fury. Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.

15. "As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment."

Answer: John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck III (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968) is a famous 20th century American writer. Some of his most celebrated novels are "The Grapes of Wrath", "The Pearl", and "Of Mice and Men". This particular quote is from "Of Mice and Men". Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. (A sea slug species, Eubranchus steinbecki is named after him.)

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