The Ye Olde Brit Lit Test
Literate
Yields to his fond caress with wanton play,
And sweet, reluctant, amorous delay.
(lines Charles Darwin's grandfather cribbed from Milton for his epic poem about amoeba--talk about not getting it!)
All possible test results
Underwhelming
Still PO'd at Mrs. McGreevey, eh? Well, OK. Maybe you should try business school, instead . . . Read more
Better at Math
Hmmmmm. . . . OK, so Brit Lit isn't your strong suit. If you want to try me on Contemporary American Lit, well, you'll probably get your own back. *BUT* my guess is you're better at math, anyway. M... Read more
Literate
You can probably pass a survey course on that, but dust off those old anthologies and give some old friends a fresh glance when Mrs. McGreevey isn't looking over your shoulder! You probably haven't r... Read more
Well-Read Indeed!
Wow! OK, some of those were really tricky--but you made it through! Not only would you pass most lit courses, you probably thought about being an English major. Actually, with those numbers, you mi... Read more
Dr. Who? (perfect!)
Hey, who smuggled in the lit prof? You're a master of belles lettres, a giant among lesser minds, or else you're really good with your browser's back button and Norton's Anthologies. In any c... Read more
