Can you guess these famous first lines from classic books? Take this first lines from books quiz to see how many first sentences you know! I’ll give you the opening line from a classic novel, and you identify which book it comes from.
Famous First Lines from Books Quiz
As a book lover, it brings me great delight that I’m married to another book lover. One of the nerdy things we like to do is quiz each other on quotes from books, especially the opening lines. It just feels good to test your literary prowess…especially when it’s against someone who also takes pride in their literary prowess!
I’m banking on the fact that if you’re reading this, you are probably somewhat of a book nerd yourself. Ergo, you may enjoy the challenge of testing your literary knowledge! I’ve prepared a little quiz for you on first lines from classic books. See how many of these iconic first lines you know…or make an educated guess for the ones you don’t! Click the red “Take Quiz” button to begin.
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I chose a good reading challenge for myself this year – to read more classics. I obviously need it by how I scored on this quiz! 🙂 Very fun post!
I approve of that reading challenge(: I hope you find some new favourites in the months to come!
This was fun! As terribly as I scored on it, I’m glad I’ve already been reading more classics! Eesh! I’m currently reading A Falcon for a Queen by Catherine Gaskin
I love classics! I haven’t read anything by Catherine Gaskin, but from poking around, she looks like an interesting author!
So fun! I want to add so many of those book to my TBR right now just based on their first line!
Wonderful! It’s such a gift to be able to read from masterful storytellers like these!