hardest Eng. Lit. test online

[TheBaldyMan]

The BBC ran a story about a prankster that sent in a Jane Austen novel with the names changed. The publishers rejected the manuscript.

Try this quiz to identify the classic novels from the first line of the book.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6906540.stm">Literary first lines quiz

I got 4/10

[MichiganVote]

1. 3/10 and I have no excuse. I have read all of those books in the past.

[alphafemale]

2. 4 out of 10. I could eliminate one on most. Then a guess between the other two.

Huck Finn is the only one I knew right off.


Hangs head in shame.

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. 7/10

Some were easier than others.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. I scored 8/10

I'm not well-read. I'm a good guesser.

[Inchworm]

5. guess its only right to tell you I ditched the test

after 3rd question :P

:hi:

[TheBaldyMan]

7. you should have hung in there for the Mark Twain question

Mind you there are some very brainy and well read DUers.

7/10 & 8/10 scores - I would have said that was impossible.

[Scooter24]

6. 7/10

[Hand]

8. 5/10

Knew the Twain, knew the Joyce, had a leg up on the Hardy... the rest were dumb luck. :dunce:

[Hand]

9. 10/10!!!!

That's, of course, on the third try... :blush:

[idgiehkt]

10. 6/10

[supernova]

11. 5/10

I missed Daniel Derronda and Little Dorrit especially, both of which I've never read.