{"id":1407320,"date":"2019-03-13T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1407320"},"modified":"2021-03-30T22:15:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T02:15:53","slug":"quiz-can-you-guess-which-classic-novel-this-movie-was-based-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/quiz-can-you-guess-which-classic-novel-this-movie-was-based-on\/","title":{"rendered":"QUIZ: Can You Guess Which Classic Novel This Movie Was Based On?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/classicnovelsmoviesquizMAIN31219_LargeWide.jpg\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that I haven&#8217;t read <i>every<\/i> classic novel out there. Some of them are too much. The <em>Aeneid<\/em>, for instance\u2014 I&#8217;ve never read the <em>Aeneid<\/em> in its entirety. And since no one has bothered to make a modern-day movie out of it starring Michael B. Jordan, whatever happens in Virgil&#8217;s epic masterpiece will likely remain lost to me forever.<\/p>\n<p>The same cannot be said for classic novels that are not the <em>Aeneid<\/em>. In fact, a bunch of them have been disguised as feel-good rom-coms or nail-biting action thrillers to TRICK us into learning things! Can you tell which classic novels the following movies are based on?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that I haven&#8217;t read every classic novel out there. Some of them are too much. The Aeneid, for instance\u2014 I&#8217;ve never read the Aeneid in its entirety. And since   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25016],"tags":[2335,524,25048,602,1653,20770,630,694,643],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407320"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446795,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407320\/revisions\/1446795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}