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: BOOK TITLES TAKEN FROM LITERATURE

A piece of literature is given. Identify the book title. Extra points if you also name the author. (eg, “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.” Answer: Band of Brothers, by Stephen Ambrose.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. “He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.”

2. “How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in ‘t!”

3.“And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.”

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. “For I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

5.“The best laid schemes o’Mice an’

Men Gang aft agley.”

6.“The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.”

PHD LEVEL

7. “And the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

8. “When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past.”

9.“Who cannot condemn rashness in cold blood?”

ANSWERS, WED, FEB 7:

1. Is a friend indeed. 2. Flock together. 3. Different folks. 4. The mostest. 5. Fell great oaks. 6. The metal. 7. Tattooed. 8. Twixt cup and lip. 9. Don’t do the crime.

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 point – who reads the questions to you?