SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: LITERARY FIRST LINES

Provide the book title that has the opening line. (e.g., “A screaming comes across the sky.” Answer: “Gravity’s Rainbow.”)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. “Marley was dead: to begin with.”

2. “The mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring cleaning his little home.”

3. “It was Wang Lung’s marriage day.”

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”

5. “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”

6. “In the town there were two mutes and they were always together.”

PH.D. LEVEL

7. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

8. “In our family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.”

9. “Who is John Galt?”

ANSWERS: 1. “A Christmas Carol.” 2. “The Wind in the Willows.” 3. “The Good Earth.” 4. “1984.” 5. “Rebecca.” 6. “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.” 7. “Neuromancer.” 8. “A River Runs Through It.” 9. “Atlas Shrugged.”

SCORING:

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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