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And more importantly: Did you actually read them? Or just the SparkNotes?

This Simple Test Will Tell You How Well You Know Your Classic Books

While it might feel old — since it's set against the backdrop of the Salem witch trials — it's actually rather ~recent~. It was published in 1953.

Nope. Good guess, though!

This perennial classic is actually the second-newest book on this list. It was published in 1960.

Great guess, but no.

The tale of Piggy (the REAL star of the novel) and the other boys was first published in 1954.

Try again, this isn't it!

Alice Walker's classic is actually the most recently published book on this list. It was first published in 1982.

Nope, not even close. This was published 45 years after the oldest book on this list.

J.D. Salinger's classic coming-of-age novel was first published in 1951.

Good guess, but no this isn't it. Try again!

While the title might through you off and suggest that it was released in the '80s, this title was first published in 1949.

Nope, try again! This was published more than a decade after the oldest book on this list.

This Ray Bradbury classic was published in 1953.

Nah, not even close. Try again!

John Steinbeck's classic tale of friendship was first published in 1937! It was the same year FDR was sworn in for his second term as president, the year Disney released _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs_, the year of King George VI's coronation, and it was when Amelia Earhart disappeared during her flight over the Pacific Ocean.

You got it right!

Ernest Hemingway's novel set against the against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War was first published in 1940.

Very close. This is actually the second-oldest book on this list.

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This Simple Test Will Tell You How Well You Know Your Classic Books

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