Sure, you’re proud of all those famous books on your bookshelf – but how many of them have you read? Let’s find out. In this quiz, we’ll show you a vertical strip xeroxed from the text. We want you, using the font and the out-of-context words you can discern, to tell us what the book is.
(And a side note before we begin: we can’t claim credit for this idea. Lit Slits debuted in January 1993 at Williams College’s semi-annual Trivia Contest. Special thanks to Des and Daniel for their assistance).
Take the Quiz: Lit Slits
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70%…not bad….I got the ernest hemingway, and harry potter ones wrong…and the last one I just didn’t know!
posted by Sandie on 12-7-2009 at 11:42 pm
70% here, too. Not bad considering 4 were stabs in the dark…and I got 3 of them!
posted by ann on 12-8-2009 at 4:48 am
100%- woot!! I guessed on a bunch of them; I guess I’m just an excellent guesser.
posted by Tamsyn on 12-8-2009 at 7:27 am
That’s too weird–I got 90% without reading 1/2 the books!
posted by Kelly on 12-8-2009 at 9:36 am
This is a phenomenal quiz concept – I love it! I hope Volume I is the first of many!
posted by Stephanie on 12-8-2009 at 12:29 pm