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Name the novel from its first line.
1. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" opens which novel?
- Bleak House
- Hard Times
- Great Expectations
- A Tale of Two Cities
It is the opening of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
2. "Call me Ishmael" begins which novel?
- Robinson Crusoe
- Moby-Dick
- The Old Man and the Sea
- Treasure Island
Melville's Moby-Dick opens with this famous line.
3. "It is a truth universally acknowledged…" opens which book?
- Pride and Prejudice
- Sense and Sensibility
- Emma
- Jane Eyre
This is the first line of Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
4. "All happy families are alike…" begins which novel?
- Crime and Punishment
- Doctor Zhivago
- War and Peace
- Anna Karenina
This opens Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
5. "Mr and Mrs Dursley of number four, Privet Drive…" opens which book?
- Percy Jackson
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- The Worst Witch
- Matilda
This is the start of the first Harry Potter novel.
6. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" opens which book?
- Watership Down
- The Silmarillion
- The Hobbit
- The Lord of the Rings
Tolkien's The Hobbit begins with this line.
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