Classic Literature?

[IBM]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6906540.stm

3/10

No cheating now

[schmunk]

3/10 for me = random clicking, as I didn't know any of them...

[alsenior]

3/10 again with random clicking

[IBM]

makes you wonder quite how relevant classic literature is today. Undoubtedly they're great books, classic in every sense, but are we all too lazy to actually read them?

[Stewart]

Via the method of guessing blindly, I scored 4.

I have read none of the books mentioned.

[pollaxe]

4 out of 10, largely guesswork though. I'm an unrepentant philistine though, a lot of the classic literature I've attempted to read I've hated...

[Stewart]

I tried to read Much Ado About Nothing the once, thinking its by old Shakey, and its a comedy, so it should be ok. Then I started to realise that old Shakey wasn't exactly Ricky Gervais when it comes to writing comedy, and what 'comedy' meant back in the day isn't what it means today.

So I burnt it.

[ikonia]

a genuine 6 out of 10, could have been seven as I knew the answer as soon as I saw it.

[hse180]

6 out of 10....and that was purely on guessing

[MadduckUK]

not going to bother, it would be a random click jobbie.

[Clunk]

3/10 guessing.

[kickstart 1]

4/10 long time since i've read any of those !

[Free Thinker]

6/10 I've never read any of the books, but I had a reaonable idea what each one was about, so I could make educated guesses.

[shelley bda]

a genuine 6 out of 10, could have been seven as I knew the answer as soon as I saw it.

Me too

[Steve B]

2/10 rock on i hate classic literature though:S

[mike_w]

Knew none of those - I was hoping "Call me Ishmael" or "It was the best of times..." would pop up.