Bible in Literature Quiz
Literary allusions. Quiz is here. HT: Alan Mann. I made 10/10, but a comment in the HT post may have helped. On the other hand, I haven’t read half of the literary works referenced–just the Biblical side!
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Interesting quiz. I didn’t do so well, 7/10. Guess I’m not that familiar with some ‘classics’ as I should be.