In the Beginning

Each question refers to a quote from the beginning of a novel.

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One

A name appears in the first short sentence of chapter 1 (‘Loomings’) of a book by Herman Melville, which was originally published in London in October 1851 and in New York one month later. Three questions.

1. What is the name from the first sentence? 
2. What was the two word title of the book as published in London in October 1851?
3. What was the longer title of the book as published in New York in November 1851?

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Two

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. … …, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of … …, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.

This quote is from Part 1, Chapter 1 of a novel originally published in 1949. In the second sentence, a person’s name has been omitted from the start, and the two-word name of the building that person is entering is also missing. 

1. Who is the person named in the first two words of the second sentence?
2. What building is that person entering?

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Three

It was a pleasure to burn.

This quote opens a 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury.

1. What novel is the quote from?
2. What does the title refer to?
3. Who is the protagonist in the novel?

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Four

We slept in what had once been the ….

The opening line from a 1985 dystopian novel with a title which is reminiscent of the constituent parts of a work by Geoffrey Chaucer.

1. What type of room, often found in a school, which ‘We slept in‘?
2. Who was the author of the book?

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Five

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded … …. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think … … are a pretty neat idea.

This quote is missing four words:

1. What two words follow ‘a small unregarded …’ and complete the first sentence?
2. What two words near the end of the quote ‘… are a pretty neat idea.’?

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Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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