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., Who wrote The Count of Monte Cristo? Answer: Alexandre Dumas (pere).)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. For how many years did Rip Van Winkle sleep?

2. What sword did Arthur receive from the Lady of the Lake?

3. How did Ernest Hemingway die?

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. What poem begins “Stop all the clocks”?

5. In which novel is Mr. Toad featured?

6. Who wrote

Wisdom? Seven Pillars of

PHD LEVEL

7. The father of this Dickens character was in the Marshalsea prison for debts.

8. What group assembled at the Tabard Inn in England?

9. Whom did the literary character Isabella Linton marry?

1. Switzerland. 2. Venezuela. 3. Poland. 4. Tanzania. 5. Lebanon.

6. Ecuador. 7. Norway. 8. Bangladesh. 9. Indian Ocean.

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?