English Lit Test

[Chebasaz]

Hi,

My daughter just took this test a few hours ago. With about 2 1/2 weeks of study she passed with a 55! She enjoyed studying for it and went in confident. She cracked up because with all the studying she did on Shakespeare there wasn't a single question or even an answer choice on him. Anyways, she used India's printout and also Barron's EZ-101. She had the Idiots Guide that we kind of went through after studying from other sources. We only had it because it was sent to us by accident when we ordered Barron's and she told us to keep it. Like a pp said, it's impossible to read every work from every author, poet, lyricist, etc. IDing an author with their most noted work is important and even knowing the basic storyline. She studied main characters of certain works but it didn't come up too much on her test. We got to the testing center a little early so I continued to go over some things in the Barron's book with her. One thing that I read to her in the car that she didn't know before was actually on the test. It was about John Keats poem, Endymion. It has the famous line, "a thing of beauty is a joy forever". You have plenty of time to study. Let us know how you do.

Jeri

Tell her "Congrats!" Sounds like she lucked out on Shakespeare, but everyone should know some Shakespeare so her study time wasn't that big of a loss.

I considered myself pretty up to speed on his plays, but they hit me with about 10 questions from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" which I had never read or seen. For about 10 mins straight I was getting questions about Puck, Faeries, and other things I had no idea about.

I went home after taking (and passing thankfully) the exam and read up on the play. Not a bad play, but I wish I would have had a friendlier introduction to it!