Literature quiz
Famous opening lines match: line to novel
Thirteen novels that start with a sentence people remember. Each opening line appears in turn: click the novel it belongs to.
- Format
- Pick the match
- Items
- 13 to match
- Limit
- 2:10
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Prompts
- 13
- Bank
- Novel buttons, A to Z
- Time limit
- 2:10
- A miss
- 2 tries, then the answer is shown
- Each opening line appears in turn. Click its match in the bank.
- Used answers leave the bank. Keys 1 to 9 pick the first nine buttons; type a name to jump to it.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the novel that each line opens. The bank appears when you start.
About this quiz
A matching round built on the list behind Ribbia's Famous opening lines of novels quiz: 13 pairs in all.
- You get two tries at each line before the novel is shown.
- All thirteen novels are in the bank from the start and leave it as they are used. The opening of Emma names its heroine, so it is left out.
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