ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

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

SUBJECT: LITERATURE

(e.g., Who is the protagonist in Raymond Chandler’s “The Big Sleep”? Answer: Philip Marlowe.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. What is the name of the hidden location in “Lost Horizon”? 2. The idiom “Tilting at windmills” is derived from what novel? 3. In what novel is Toad obsessed with fast cars?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. In a play by Shakespeare, who kills Tybalt? 5. Who is the main character in “The Maltese Falcon”? 6. Irving Stone’s novel “Lust for Life” is about this artist.

PHD LEVEL

7. Who is the title character in “The Portrait of a Lady,” by Henry James? 8. In mythology, when she prophesied true things, she was not believed. 9. In what poem are the words “Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?”

SAT, AUG 5, ANSWERS:

1. Arizona. 2. Pennsylvania. 3. Indiana. 4. California. 5. Kansas. 6. Louisiana. 7. Massachusetts. 8. Montana. 9. North Dakota. 10. South Carolina. 11. Delaware. 12. Nevada. 13. Maryland. 14. South Dakota. 15. Oklahoma.

SCORING:

18 points – congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points – honours 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?