Time to get your thinking cap on! Which novel opens with the line, 'Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm...'?

Sense and Sensibility
Gone With the Wind
Jane Eyre
Pride and Prejudice

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Which novel begins with the line, 'We slept in what had once been the gymnasium...'?

Fahrenheit 451
The Hunger Games
Brave New World
$Book Opening Lines Quiz The Handmaid\'s Tale$ The Handmaid's Tale

Sweet!

Not quite.

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What novel has this opening line? "It was a pleasure to burn."

Fahrenheit 451
Brave New World
1984
Treasure Island

That's great!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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Which book starts with the words, 'Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show...'?

Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
Bleak House
David Copperfield

Right on! 👊

Nope, sorry. 😢

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What novel has this opening line? "It was a dark and stormy night..."

Frankenstein
Paul Clifford
The Haunting of Hill House
Wuthering Heights

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What novel has this opening line? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

Bleak House
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist

Stunning!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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What novel has this opening line? "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids."

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Hobbit
$Book Opening Lines Quiz Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland$ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
$Book Opening Lines Quiz Harry Potter and the Philosopher\'s Stone$ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Super!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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What novel starts with this line, 'Call me Ishmael'?

Moby-Dick
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Treasure Island

You're doing great!

Doh! 🤬

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What novel has this opening line? "It was a bright and sunny morning when she walked into my office..."

The Long Goodbye
The Big Sleep
Farewell, My Lovely
The Maltese Falcon

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I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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What novel has this opening line? "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

Neuromancer
The Diamond Age
Altered Carbon
Snow Crash

Awesome!

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What novel has this opening line? "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink."

I Capture the Castle
Anne of Green Gables
The Secret Garden
Little Women

Nice going!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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What novel has this opening line? "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974."

Middlesex
A Little Life
The Secret History
The Goldfinch

Super!

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You've conquered half of the quiz! Which novel opens with the line, 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife'?

Sense and Sensibility
Jane Eyre
Emma
Pride and Prejudice

Fantastic! 🥳

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What novel has this opening line? "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
War and Peace
The Brothers Karamazov

That's great!

Not quite.

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What novel has this opening line? "It was the day my grandmother exploded."

The Grapes of Wrath
The Crow Road
The Road
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Superb!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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What novel has this opening line? "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter."

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Catcher in the Rye
The Road

Fantastic! 🥳

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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What novel has this opening line? "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Bell Jar
The Road

Excellent!

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What novel has this opening line? "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon."

The Coral Island
Oliver Twist
Lord of the Flies
Treasure Island

Fantastic! 🥳

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What novel has this opening line? "Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested."

The Metamorphosis
The Trial
The Plague
To Kill a Mockingbird

That's the way!

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

$Book Opening Lines Quiz The Handmaid\'s Tale$ The Handmaid's Tale
1984
Brave New World
Fahrenheit 451

Right on the money!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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What novel has this opening line? "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

Great Expectations
The Go-Between
Jane Eyre
$Book Opening Lines Quiz Tess of the d\'Urbervilles$ Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Good work!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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You're getting very close to the end! What novel has this opening line? "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born."

The Catcher in the Rye
$Book Opening Lines Quiz Tess of the d\'Urbervilles$ Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Jane Eyre
Great Expectations

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You're almost at the end! What novel has this opening line? "All this happened, more or less."

The Thin Red Line
Catch-22
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Naked and the Dead

You've nailed it!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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And finally, what novel has this opening line? "In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."

The Sun Also Rises
The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
The Sound and the Fury

Super!

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Time to get your thinking cap on! Which novel opens with the line, 'Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm...'?

Which novel begins with the line, 'We slept in what had once been the gymnasium...'?

What novel has this opening line? "It was a pleasure to burn."

Which book starts with the words, 'Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show...'?

What novel has this opening line? "It was a dark and stormy night..."

What novel has this opening line? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

What novel has this opening line? "Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids."

What novel starts with this line, 'Call me Ishmael'?

What novel has this opening line? "It was a bright and sunny morning when she walked into my office..."

What novel has this opening line? "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."

What novel has this opening line? "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink."

What novel has this opening line? "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974."

You've conquered half of the quiz! Which novel opens with the line, 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife'?

What novel has this opening line? "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

What novel has this opening line? "It was the day my grandmother exploded."

What novel has this opening line? "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter."

What novel has this opening line? "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

What novel has this opening line? "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon."

What novel has this opening line? "Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested."

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

What novel has this opening line? "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

You're getting very close to the end! What novel has this opening line? "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born."

You're almost at the end! What novel has this opening line? "All this happened, more or less."

And finally, what novel has this opening line? "In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."

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