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Identify the Opening Lines of Famous Works | Quiz Zone

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First-Line Literature Quiz

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First-Line Literature Quiz

A short quiz that asks you to match memorable first sentences to their works.

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Which novel begins with the line Call me Ishmael?
Question 1
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Identify the book that opens with It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Question 2
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Select the work whose first sentence reads All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Question 3
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Which story starts with It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?
Question 4
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Name the novel that begins It is a truth universally recognized, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Question 5

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First-Line Literature Quiz

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Quiz Questions

Which novel begins with the line Call me Ishmael?

Identify the book that opens with It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Select the work whose first sentence reads All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Which story starts with It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?

Name the novel that begins It is a truth universally recognized, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.