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LQ LI B RARY I NTE LLIG E NCE

LQ A book designed to test your literary knowledge.

ja m i e c a ru s i

2013

LQ is an analysis of my favorite fiction books and how

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I relate to them. This chart diagrams how intellectually stimulating these books are in relation to each other.

Take the quiz to see how you stack up in literary knowledge!

AN SW E R S I N TH E BACK

INTELLIGENCE LEVEL

AB STRACT

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A

The Odyssey

B C D

If I Ran the Circus dr. seuss

homer

1Q84 h a ru k i m u r a k a m i

E F G

The Polar Express c h r i s va n a l l s bu rg

H I J K L

The Boxcar Children g e rt ru d e c h a n d l e r wa r n e r

CONCRETE

M N O P

To Kill a Mockingbird harper lee

The Great Gatsby f . s c ot t f i t z g e r a l d Crime and Punishment f yo d o r d o s toy e v s k y

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homer

Q1

If I Ran the Circus dr. seuss

C07

B25

The Odyssey

Q1

Solve the equation to figure out how many pages are in the book.

Solve the equation to figure out how many feet Mr. Sneelock dove from.

If x = 10, 2(20x) + (9x - 3x) + (32(x)) +2 =

“[I]t is the wine that _______ me on, the wild wine that sets the ________ man to sing at the top of his lungs, laugh like a fool, it drives the man to ________... it even ________ him to blurt out stories better never told.�

A

A

C 4980 D 5200

B leads, wisest, dancing, tempts

D guides, brightest, skipping, repel

4692

B 4824

leads, smartest, temptation, lures

C guides, dumbest, bliss, persuades

64 pages

Q2

Solve the equation to figure out how many stars, out of five, this book received on Amazon.com.

If 27 people gave 5 stars, and 2 people gave 4 stars, what is the average rating?

560 pages

A

4.5

B 4.6 C 4.8 D 4.9

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The Polar Express

h a ru k i m u r a k a m i

c h r i s va n a l l s b u rg

Q1

F04

D21

1Q84

Q1 32 pages

Fill in the blank boxes to find out how many pages are in the book.

4

3

4

6

8 9

Solve the equation to figure out the themes of the book.

CHAOS is to ORDER as:

2 1 3

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3

2

A

hate : disgust

B doubt : believe A 1365

B 1984

C 1186

D

D failure : disappointment

1042

Q2

Q2

Solve the equation to figure out the language the book was written in.

If A =1, B= 2, C = 3, D = 4, E = 5...

Which of the following is equal to 71?

A

JAPANESE

B RUSSIAN C CHINESE D ENGLISH

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C mortality : death

Figure out the problem below to learn more about the book.

In 1986, this book received the Caldecott Medal. What is this medal for?

A

writers with exceptional quality

B the highest reviewed books C best mystery literature D most distinguished picture book

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g e rt ru d e c h a n d l e r wa r n e r

Q1

The Great Gatsby f. scott fitzgerald

N19

K11

The Boxcar Children

Q1

Find the missing number to figure out how many books Gertrude Chandler Warner wrote out of the now 100 titles.

Solve the following problem to find the time period of the book.

The book took place during Prohibition, what time period is that?

2 3 5 7 11 13 17 ___ 23 29 154 pages

A

A

18

the roaring 20s 218 pages

B 19

B the turbulent 30s

C 20

C nifty 50s

D 21

D swinging 60s

Q2

Q2

Solve the problem to find out the age differences between the main characters.

If Violet is 4 years older than Benny, and Benny is 6 years younger than Jessica, and Jessica is 2 years younger than Henry, whose the oldest Alden sibling?

A

JESSICA

C HENRY

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Find the place the Modern Library gave this book on their “Best English Language Book of the 20th Century� list.

Use the Fibonacci sequence to find the value of the black square:

B BENNY D VIOLET

A 1

B 2

C 3

D

4

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Crime and Punishment

harper lee

f yo d o r d o s toy e v s k y

Q1

Q1

Solve the equation to find out about the book.

Solve x to figure out what year this book as written if y = 6.

Which three of the following are characters in the book? [hint: it’s the name of Harper Lee’s mother] A

296 pages

x + .5x + 2 = y4 y A

Sally, Elizabeth, John

(y 81 )

1842

B Barbara, Anne, Scott

B 1866

C Ellen, Mary, Lee

C 1875

D Francis, Cunningham, Finch

D 1880

Q2

Q2

Solve the equation to find the year, 19__, Harper Lee received the Pulitzer Prize in Literature for this book.

Use the pythagorean theorem: a2 + b2 = c2 to find c2 : 5

A

412 pages

Solve the problem to find out more about the theme of the book.

Dostoyevsky is credited with being one of the first important literary authors for which philosophical movement: A

6

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P28

O13 1Q

To Kill a Mockingbird

Existentialism

B Pragmatism

45

B 56

C 61

D 72

C Modernism D Aristotelianism

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ANSWERS Q1

Q2

B25

[B]

C07

[A] [D]

D21

[C] [A]

F04

[B] [D]

K11

[B] [C]

N19

[A] [B]

O13

[D] [C]

P28

[D] [A]

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