The test consists of approximately 230 questions on poetry, drama, biography, the essay, the short story, the novel, criticism, literary theory, and the history of the language. Some questions are based on short works reprinted in their total, some on passages from longer works. It also contains a few questions on major works, including the Bible, translated from other languages. The test emphasizes authors, works, genres and movements. The questions may be to some extent randomly classified into two groups: factual and critical.
The approximate distribution of questions according to content categories is indicated by the following outline:
I.Literary Analysis (40 – 55%)
II.Identification (15 – 20%)
III.Cultural and Historical Contexts (20 – 25%)
IV.History and Theory of Literary Criticism (10 – 15%)
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