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.
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?
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Date: 2008-07-10 04:16 pm (UTC)Your result for The Are You Truly Erudite? Test...
True English Nerd
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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?