ok, i have to admit, lines from the king james bible and lines from william shakespeare sound so much alike! on this little “bible or bard” quiz from mental floss, i found myself taking educated guesses most of the time, and only scored 70%. oof. maybe if it were tniv?
be honest, what percentage did you get?
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There is a local (secular) radio station that does an on-air version of this called “passage or porno”. You get the idea.
dang, I thought I aced it but I got the same score as you! I missed 3, 5 and 6.
Ouch – slightly better at 80%.
True followers of Christ know God’s word…I got a 60 :-)
Wow that just kicked the crap out of me. 60%. I thought I would ace it!
Got 80% missed question 3 and 5
80%….doubly embarrassing since my undergrad was in English. In my defense, I did it in about minute. 8(
I got 70%. The NLT has screwed my 18th century english up.
70%. I don’t feel too bad with that.
I really got a 90% but I guessed at all but one of them. I guessed the bible for 3 and the rest the bard.
I just got an 80%. woo hoo
Sad… I got a 50%.
70%…SWEET! Just doin’ my part to keep mediocre Biblical scholarship alive and well!
I got 80% marko…
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60
80% – Missed 3 & 8.
90% for me. I think I’ve read enough of both to be familiar with the “styles” of writing, though it seems weird to say that about the Bible.
I got a 60%…which seems par for the course considering I only got a 72 in Survey of the New Testament in college. After which my dad asked me several times if I was sure I was supposed to “go into the ministry.” :)
90% I missed number 3.
I got a 90%, and only because I second-guessed myself on the one I missed! As a former English teacher I’ll leave a clue: iambic pentameter. It worked for every one of them.
Iambic pentameter… Thanks for the clue. I read all of these before I went to take the quiz. I got 100%. I read them all then made an educated guess… then I applied I.P. before finalizing my answer and ended up changing 3 of them. So I guess without your clue I would have got 70%.