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Can You Identify the Handwriting of These 12 Famous Authors?
Can You Identify the Handwriting of These 12 Famous Authors?
By Adina Applebaum
June 10, 2014

Prove once and for all that you’re Oscar Wilde’s greatest fan by identifying his penmanship.

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Before They Were Writers: A Quiz on Authors' Odd Jobs
Before They Were Writers: A Quiz on Authors' Odd Jobs
By Robert Balkovich
January 17, 2014

Many famous authors have worked gigs that make your college job rolling burritos look like a vacation — but can you guess which ones?

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Whose Line is It Anyway? A Quiz on Quotes from Famous Books
Whose Line is It Anyway? A Quiz on Quotes from Famous Books
By Freddie Moore
January 03, 2014

Brush up on the classics by matching each quote with its book!

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Famous Last Words: A Quiz
Famous Last Words: A Quiz
By Robert Balkovich
December 20, 2013

Can you tell which of these quotes are the last lines of a story and which were the dying words of a celebrity?

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Can You Identify the Alternate Covers for These Well Known Books?
Can You Identify the Alternate Covers for These Well Known Books?
By Michelle King
December 13, 2013

You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but there can’t be anything wrong with remembering a book by its cover, right?

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Sister Carrie or Carrie Bradshaw? A Quote Quiz
Sister Carrie or Carrie Bradshaw? A Quote Quiz
By Kate Gavino
November 19, 2013

Same name, same sartorial obsessions, same irritating approaches to romance — but can you distinguish between their quotes?

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Stranger Than Fiction Quiz: Are These Deaths Literary or Literal?
Stranger Than Fiction Quiz: Are These Deaths Literary or Literal?
By Iona Holloway
June 25, 2013

See if you can guess which authors died these strange deaths and which are a work of their own fiction.

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