Isaac Asimov’s Super Quiz

Article by: KEN FISHER , North America Syndicate Inc.
Updated: September 9, 2011 - 10:52 AM

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

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Subject: QUOTES FROM LITERATURE

From what novel is the quotation taken? (e.g., "Winston had disliked her from the very first moment of seeing her." Answer: "1984.")

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. "A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still."

Answer________

2. "You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett."

Answer________

3. "All men are enemies. All animals are comrades."

Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. "I ain't doing my duty by that boy, and that's the Lord's truth."

Answer________

5. "I know this - a man got to do what he got to do."

Answer________

6. "Between me and the moonlight flitted a great bat, coming and going in great, whirling circles."

Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. "All thinking men are atheists."

Answer________

8. "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages."

Answer________

9. "Eighteen years! Gracious Creator of day! To be buried alive for 18 years!"

Answer________

ANSWERS: 1. "A Christmas Carol." 2. "Gone With the Wind." 3. "Animal Farm." 4. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." 5. "The Grapes of Wrath." 6. "Dracula." 7. "A Farewell to Arms." 8. "Lord of the Flies." 9. "A Tale of Two Cities."

SCORING:

18 points - congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points - honors graduate; 10 to 14 points - you're plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points - you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points - enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points - who reads the questions to you?

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