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Famous Quotes by Renowned Authors

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who said, 'To be, or not to be, that is the question'?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Mark Twain

c)

Jane Austen

d)

William Shakespeare

2.

Which author wrote, 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'?

a)

Ernest Hemingway

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Jane Austen

d)

Mark Twain

3.

Who is known for the quote, 'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players'?

a)

Christopher Marlowe

b)

Arthur Miller

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

William Shakespeare

4.

Which famous writer stated, 'In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on'?

a)

Ernest Hemingway

b)

Robert Frost

c)

Emily Dickinson

d)

Mark Twain

5.

Who famously said, 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Winston Churchill

6.

Which author wrote, 'Not all those who wander are lost'?

a)

J.R.R. Tolkien

b)

J.K. Rowling

c)

C.S. Lewis

d)

George R.R. Martin

7.

Who is credited with the quote, 'The only way to do great work is to love what you do'?

a)

Elon Musk

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Mark Zuckerberg

d)

Steve Jobs

8.

Who said, 'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me'?

a)

Emma Woodhouse

b)

Elizabeth Bennet

c)

Charlotte Brontë

d)

Jane Eyre

9.

Which author penned the line, 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live'?

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

J.K. Rowling

c)

J.R.R. Tolkien

d)

George R.R. Martin

10.

Who is known for the quote, 'The truth is rarely pure and never simple'?

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

Jane Austen

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Mark Twain

11.

Which writer said, 'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars'?

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

Jane Austen

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Charles Dickens

12.

Who wrote, 'The unexamined life is not worth living'?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Descartes

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

13.

Which author stated, 'Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans'?

a)

Paul McCartney

b)

John Lennon

c)

Ringo Starr

d)

George Harrison

14.

Who is famous for the quote, 'A room without books is like a body without a soul'?

a)

Plato

b)

Marcus Tullius Cicero

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Aristotle

15.

Who said, 'The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today'?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt