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[raxacorricofallapatorius]

Snurched from hughcasey:

Your result for The Are You Truly Erudite? Test...

True English Nerd

You scored 82 erudition!

Not only do you know your subjects from your objects and your definite from your indefinite articles, but you've got quite a handle on the literature and the history of the language as well. Huzzah, and well done! The English snobs of Boston salute you.

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Two bad they didn't give you the correct answers, because I'd like to know which ones I missed. :cP

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I did better than I thought!

[kristine00.livejournal.com]

Your result for The Are You Truly Erudite? Test...

The Librarian

Congratulations! You're well above average when it comes to your knowledge of English grammar, history, and literature. You may have missed a few questions, but if you keep your studies up and stay away from genre fiction, we'll have you ready for Stanford in no time! Who knows, we just might be reading your columns in Talk of the Town a few years from now.

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[hannah-henchman.livejournal.com]

Woo-haa! Well, my education may not be useful...but at least I know my lit shit.

Your result for The Are You Truly Erudite? Test...

True English Nerd

Not only do you know your subjects from your objects and your definite from your indefinite articles, but you've got quite a handle on the literature and the history of the language as well. Huzzah, and well done! The English snobs of Boston salute you.

Take The Are You Truly Erudite? Test at HelloQuizzy

I wish I could see which ones I missed too. The only two I didn't feel reasonably sure of were:
Which of these literary theorists is well-known for his work with the Romantic poets and his dissension with deconstructionist, post-modernist, and other modern approaches to literary criticism?

I said Wallace Stevens--educated guesswork.

...and...

**What is the oldest extant English manuscript?

Was it Beowulf or Sir Gawain?
That extant manuscript part got me (not sure Beowulf existed as a complete manuscript first). Also, wouldn't Beowulf be Saxon, not purely English?

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

I said Beowulf, based on what I remember from school. Anglo-Saxon and thus considered early English, rather than Germanic, iirc.

I guessed Wallace Stevens for pretty much the same reasons you did. *grin*

[hannah-henchman.livejournal.com]

Oops...anonymous comment was me.

[adaveen.livejournal.com]

But it was Bloom, wasn't it?

[torenheksje.livejournal.com]

I have no idea, but I guessed Wallace Stevens for the same reasons she did. :c)