Famous First Lines
In each set, match each book title to its first line.
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Question #1 *
4 points
The Great Gatsby
Jane Eyre
A Tale of Two Cities
Moby Dick
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Call me Ishmael.
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
Question #2 *
4 points
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Animal Farm
The Color Purple
Charlotte's Web
You better not never tell nobody but God.
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
“Where's Papa going with that axe?” said Fern.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.
Question #3 *
4 points
Fahrenheit 451
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Catcher in the Rye
All this happened, more or less.
It was a pleasure to burn.
It was 7 minutes after midnight.
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
Question #4 *
4 points
The Handmaid's Tale
Pride and Prejudice
Little Women
Beloved
Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents, grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.
124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom. The women in the house knew it and so did the children.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Question #5 *
4 points
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Wrinkle in Time
1984
The Outsiders
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
It was a dark and stormy night.
Question #6 *
4 points
Frankenstein
The Old Man and the Sea
Wuthering Heights
Gone with the Wind
You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.
Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
I have just returned from a visit to my landlord – the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.
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