Story Synopsis Quiz

1. A shy, homely teenage girl who harbors a secret telekinetic ability is constantly tormented by her classmates for being a misfit. Will she break out of the emotional prison imposed by her hysterically religious mother, or will she grow into a freakish old maid?

Little Women

Slaughterhouse 5

Brave New World

Animal Farm

Carrie

2. A young attorney who graduates at the top of his class is lured into working for a law firm from which no one is permitted to leave. Will he defeat the evil that surrounds him, or spend the rest of his life held captive and participating in their dirty deeds?

The Godfather

Crime and Punishment

Dombey and Son

The Firm

A Few Good Men

3. A young man in charge of running the family roadside motel is torn between his sexual drive and his domineering, shaming mother. Can he break free of her psychological hold, or will he act out his rage on the females that happen into his life?

Psycho

Silence of the Lambs

Jack the Ripper

In Cold Blood

The Hound of the Baskervilles

4. The youngest son of an aging mafia boss finds himself pressured into taking over the family business. Can he distance himself from his relations and live the normal life he wants, or will he succumb to the endless pattern of violence and despair?

The Other Side of Midnight

The Godfather

Fathers and Sons

In Cold Blood

And Then There Were None

5. The young daughter of a prominent and highly-principled small-town lawyer watches her father make an unpopular choice: to defend an innocent black man who has been accused of rape. Will justice be served, or will she have to endure her father's public desecration?

The General's Daughter

To Kill a Mockingbird

In Heat of the Night

The Client

Fathers and Sons

6. A young man justifies the murder of a cold-hearted landlady, but has trouble coping with the guilt. Can he live with his crime, or will the crafty police detective eventually trick him into confession?

The Pawnbroker

Psycho

Hannibal

Crime and Punishment

ABC Murders

7. A young woman lives in terror as a serial killer slaughters women with names similar to her own. Can she survive the killing machine from the future and fulfill her important destiny, or will she be brutally slain?

Son of Sam

Silence of the Lambs

Cape Fear

Jack the Ripper

The Terminator

8. A cynical, neurotic big-city comedian falls in love with a small town girl whose traditional values grate on his nerves. Can the two overcome their differences, or was their romance ill-fated from the start?

Annie Hall

A Comedy of Errors

Pygmalion

An American Tragedy

The Sound of Music

9. A plain, shy but dignified governess falls in love with the much older master of the estate where she is employed. Can the two be married, or will Victorian law, and her own sense of pride, leave her alone and longing forever?

Sense and Sensibility

The Sound of Music

Mary Poppins

Jane Eyre

Pride and Prejudice

10. Strategically placed gossip causes a prominent foreign general to become increasingly suspicious of his beautiful new wife's behavior. Will he overcome his dark jealousy, or will he succumb to the venomous slander and destroy the one he loves?

Othello

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Madame Bovary

Anna Karenina

The General's Daughter