ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Take this Super Quiz to a PhD. Score one point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, two points on the Graduate Level and three points on the PhD Level.

SUBJECT: LITERATURE

(e.g., In which book is the line “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Answer: Animal Farm.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. In which novel is a plantation named Tara significant? 2. In Mary Shelley’s famous novel, who created the monster? 3. In which classic novel is the Dormouse a character?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. What is Louisa May Alcott’s most popular book? 5. What is the name of the train that takes Harry Potter to the wizard school? 6. Which country provides the setting for The Good Earth?

PHD LEVEL

7. What creature does Lucy first encounter on her trip into Narnia? 8. Which classic novel begins at the Reform Club? 9. What do the sailors in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner hang around the mariner’s neck?

ANSWERS FOR MON, OCT 16:

1. He had killed an Egyptian. 2. Burning bush. 3. Ten. 4. Aaron. 5. Red Sea. 6. Mount Sinai. 7. The Ten Commandments. 8. Forty years. 9. Moses died.

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 – enrol in remedial courses immediately; 0 points – who reads the questions to you?