Famous last words: Take our literature quiz!

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A bookend holds bestsellers in place on a bookshelf at The Book Cellar, an independent bookstore in Lincoln Square on February 7, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

Any author knows that the ending of a book can make or break it. How many books now languish in obscurity because of a weak final sentence or subpar final paragraph? Not any of these! Can you guess which literary work goes with each final line? Take our quiz and find out if you're an expert in literary endings!

1. 'As you from crimes would pardoned be, Let your indulgence set me free.'

'King Lear,' by William Shakespeare

'Hamlet,' by William Shakespeare

'Macbeth,' by William Shakespeare

'The Tempest,' by William Shakespeare

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