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...'?

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

Great job!

Not quite.

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

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

You're doing great!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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

Brave New World
Treasure Island
Fahrenheit 451
1984

You're one class act!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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...'?

David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
Bleak House

Absolutely right! 👍

Not quite.

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

The Haunting of Hill House
Paul Clifford
Wuthering Heights
Frankenstein

Stunning!

Not quite.

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

Oliver Twist
Bleak House
A Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations

Beautiful! 👍

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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

Bullseye!

That was incorrect.

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

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

Marvelous!

Having difficulty with this one?

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

Bravo!

Having difficulty with this one?

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

Snow Crash
Neuromancer
The Diamond Age
Altered Carbon

Good work!

Having difficulty with this one?

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

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

Awesome!

Not quite.

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."

The Goldfinch
The Secret History
A Little Life
Middlesex

Beautiful! 👍

Doh! 🤬

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'?

Emma
Jane Eyre
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility

Great!

Doh! 🤬

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
The Brothers Karamazov
War and Peace

Sweet!

Not quite.

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

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

Good work!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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

Right on! 👊

That was incorrect.

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

Brilliant! 👍

Not quite.

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."

Treasure Island
Lord of the Flies
Oliver Twist
The Coral Island

Impressive! 👍

Having difficulty with this one?

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

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Plague
The Metamorphosis
The Trial

Right on the money!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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

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

That's right!

Not quite.

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

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

Boom! Nailed it! 👊

Doh! 🤬

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."

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

Fantastic! 🥳

Not quite.

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

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

Bravo!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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

Perfect! 👊

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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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