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Quiz about Openings of Literary Classics
Quiz about Openings of Literary Classics

Openings of Literary Classics Trivia Quiz


I'll give you the opening of a literary classic, you name the novel.

A multiple-choice quiz by oink. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
oink
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
1,062
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
3028
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Question 1 of 10
1. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . . Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming along down the road . . . Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Except for the Marabar Caves--and they are twenty miles off--the city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. One summer afternoon Mrs Oedipa Maas came home froma tupperware party whose hostess had perhaps put too much kirsch in the fondue to find that she, Oedipa, had been named executor, or she supposed executrix, of the estate of one Pierce Inverarity . . . Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. I have just returned from a visit to my landlord--the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. . . . A perfect misanthropist's heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. BRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNG! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room. A bed spring creaked. A woman's voice sang out impatiently: 'Bigger, shut that thing off!' Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities

By Charles Dickens.
2. I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up.

Answer: On the Road

By Jack Kerouac.
3. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

Answer: The Great Gatsby

By F. Scott Fitzgerald.
4. Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming along down the road . . .

Answer: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By James Joyce.
5. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Answer: Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen.
6. Except for the Marabar Caves--and they are twenty miles off--the city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary.

Answer: A Passage to India

By E.M. Forster.
7. One summer afternoon Mrs Oedipa Maas came home froma tupperware party whose hostess had perhaps put too much kirsch in the fondue to find that she, Oedipa, had been named executor, or she supposed executrix, of the estate of one Pierce Inverarity . . .

Answer: The Crying of Lot 49

By Thomas Pynchon.
8. You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.

Answer: Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley.
9. I have just returned from a visit to my landlord--the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. . . . A perfect misanthropist's heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us.

Answer: Wuthering Heights

By Emily Bronte.
10. BRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNG! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room. A bed spring creaked. A woman's voice sang out impatiently: 'Bigger, shut that thing off!'

Answer: Native Son

By Richard Wright.
Source: Author oink

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