Word Frequency Quiz: Moderns

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Steve

Our sole respondent to the Classics edition of the Word Frequency Quiz got a perfect score. Eric correctly identified these titles with their most frequently used common nouns.

Aesop's Fables: fox, lion, man, wolf, day, time, mouse, ass, way, dog
Candide by Voltaire: man, woman, world, country, master, day, baron, people, sheep, captain
Discourse on the Method by Descartes: order, being, things, time, reason, heart, others, nature, blood, truth
The Iliad by Homer: man, son, ships, spear, horses, hand, gods, armour, battle, city
The New Testament: god, man, things, lord, son, men, father, day, spirit, heaven
The Old Testament: lord, god, king, son, people, house, man, land, children, day
Plato's Republic: man, state, life, justice, soul, nature, knowledge, truth, things, world
Tales of the Brothers Grimm: king, man, time, day, home, father, door, wife, mother, head


Today's quiz requires that you pair up more recent titles with their oftenest-used nouns.

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
The Encyclopedia Brittanica
The Golden Bowl by Henry James
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Ulysses by James Joyce

(1)
lord
king
man
duke
time
heart
queen
lady
death
hand
(2)
man
father
time
love
money
face
life
heart
moment
god
(3)
man
time
eyes
hand
street
father
day
face
night
head
(4)
time
lady
sister
family
man
day
hope
father
letter
room
(45)
time
man
way
hand
head
boy
day
night
eyes
face
(6)
time
way
men
work
place
man
head
room
air
water
(7)
time
way
moment
question
fact
eyes
father
place
face
life
(8)
work
day
francs
man
hotel
money
men
people
tramps
food
(9)
year
time
bridge
town
century
building
number
city
government
life

Word frequency quiz: Classics

Posted on September 13, 2007 by Steve

Can you recognize these classics by the nouns that appear in them most? The lists below are the ten most frequently used common nouns, in descending order, from the following titles.

Aesop's Fables
Candide by Voltaire
Discourse on the Method by Descartes
The Iliad by Homer
The New Testament
The Old Testament
The Republic by Plato
Tales of the Brothers Grimm


(1)
fox
lion
man
wolf
day
time
mouse
ass
way
dog
(2)
man
son
ships
spear
horses
hand
gods
armour
battle
city
(3)
god
man
things
lord
son
men
father
day
spirit
heaven
(4)
king
man
time
day
home
father
door
wife
mother
head
(5)
lord
god
king
son
people
house
man
land
children
day
(6)
man
state
life
justice
soul
nature
knowledge
truth
things
world
(7)
man
woman
world
country
master
day
baron
people
sheep
captain
(8)
order
being
things
time
reason
heart
others
nature
blood
truth