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<blockquote data-quote="DS" data-source="post: 1039700" data-attributes="member: 556">I was not sure where to post this,but it is old stuff.My wife&#039;s son is going to be an english&nbsp; teacher.He asked the other day who &quot;Tolstoy&quot; was....I made a quiz for him and here it is.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; English literary quiz&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The following quotes are from books by famous authors.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Name the author,and book they are taken from.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 &#039;&#039;It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.&#039;&#039;2 &#039;&#039;If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you&#039;ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don&#039;t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.&#039;&#039;3 &#039;&#039;Call me Ishmael.&#039;&#039; 4 &#039;&#039;All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.&#039;&#039;5 &#039;&#039;You don&#039;t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that ain&#039;t no matter.&#039;&#039;6 &#039;&#039;It was a pleasure to burn.&#039;&#039;7 &#039;&#039;It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn&#039;t know what I was doing in New York.&#039;&#039;8 &#039;&#039;We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.&#039;&#039;9 &#039;You better not never tell nobody but God.&#039;&#039;10 &#039;&#039;In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing.&#039;&#039;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DS, post: 1039700, member: 556"] I was not sure where to post this,but it is old stuff.My wife's son is going to be an english teacher. He asked the other day who "Tolstoy" was....I made a quiz for him and here it is. [FONT=Helvetica] English literary quiz[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] The following quotes are from books by famous authors.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Name the author,and book they are taken from.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/FONT] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Helvetica]1 [/FONT][/COLOR]''It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]2 ''If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]3 ''Call me Ishmael.'' [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]4 ''All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]5 ''You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of [I]The Adventures of Tom Sawyer[/I], but that ain't no matter.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]6 ''It was a pleasure to burn.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]7 ''It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]8 ''We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]9 'You better not never tell nobody but God.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial]10 ''In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing.''[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#232323][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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