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den
11-20-2003, 11:58 PM
Want to boost your post count? :p
:rolleyes: Like seeing how smart and well-read you are? :eek:
Check out this link...

http://people.cornell.edu/pages/jad22/english.html

I got 17 out of 20 correct.

This link has a list of interesting tests...

http://people.cornell.edu/pages/jad22/

Ok so I spelled English wrong :eek:

Stanislaw
11-21-2003, 12:21 AM
1 out of 20:eek:
I feel kind of dumb:(

den
11-21-2003, 12:25 AM
You only got one correct? Oh my... I didn't get
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (even though I've read it :p )
The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot (never read it)
and
Hard Times - Charles Dickens (never read it either)


Originally posted by Stanislaw
1 out of 20:eek:
I feel kind of dumb:(

Stanislaw
11-21-2003, 12:54 AM
:(
English Literatur was never my strongpoint. I have read some of the books on the list, but only once. I am actually suprised that whiney the pooh was not present on the page.

All in all though, I have not read allot of classical english, I have mainly read the popular classics and educational/informitive books. Also alot of war related novels. However I am always in search of a good read. Any suggestions.

Blade
11-21-2003, 08:46 AM
16-20

crisaor
11-21-2003, 03:34 PM
Originally posted by Stanislaw
1 out of 20:eek:
I feel kind of dumb:(
Don't. I got a 0. :confused:
I didn't read any of those books, though. So I'm not too worried :D

Stanislaw
11-22-2003, 01:04 AM
At least there is someone ou there who knows about as much as I do about classic english literature.:)

Koa
11-23-2003, 06:50 AM
I got 5... There were a few titles I had never heard of :D

fayefaye
11-30-2003, 12:02 AM
I got three, but largely because I got really lazy and started to click on answer before I'd finished the line. *blushing emoticon* (whatever happened to that thing?) It's stupid though, because I definately knew some of them.. oh, actually it's kind of funny: I confused a Bronte with Austen~!!! :p

Sycron
06-06-2004, 07:02 PM
Try doing the other tests. I got almost all of the Sci-Fi questions, very few of the English Literature one's though.

ajoe
06-06-2004, 07:24 PM
I only know Jane Austen stuff cause I just recently read them and Tale of Two Cities even though I've never read it. I haven't been reading classics lately cause college has been very stressful and requires a load of work. :|

emily655321
06-06-2004, 10:28 PM
I only knew four. Which is stupid because I'm familiar with five of them. Well, Pride and Prejudice I just started today, so that was a shoe-in.

faith
06-07-2004, 09:41 AM
I dont get the whole test. Are u supposed to know what book it is just by reading and extract without even getting any alternatives to choose from?? Hopeless. The only english litterature I have read is Jane Austen and Emily Bronte ( atleast as far as I can remember) so I would probably not have succeeded anyway...

ajoe
06-07-2004, 10:04 AM
Well, the name "Emma Woodhouse" should give you a very obvious clue. :D

emily655321
06-07-2004, 12:48 PM
Yeah, that helped. ;)

CBW
06-07-2004, 03:31 PM
I got 5 right.

subterranean
12-06-2004, 08:27 PM
i just found this test...and wow i got a complete zero 0000...so shockiing..well not that shocking :D...

i read some books, hard times and wuthering heights, and even the portrait (my oh my) and i've seen the movie passage to India...but i couldn't recall any of the clues :bawling:....

Scheherazade
12-07-2004, 12:07 AM
I got 12... :rolleyes:

mono
12-07-2004, 01:23 AM
15/20 Hurray! I have read many of the books, but still guessed incorrect on a few.

subterranean
12-07-2004, 02:29 AM
Don't. I got a 0. :confused:
I didn't read any of those books, though. So I'm not too worried :D


seconded yours Cris!

Jay
12-07-2004, 11:35 AM
SubT was bored once again ;) :D:p

baddad
12-07-2004, 11:38 AM
I'm officially not-well-read!! 4/20!!Eeeekks. Tried a few of the other genre' , didn't do much better. Some good came out of it though....I was reminded just how wonderful "The World According To Garp " was.... A book I would recommend to anyone.

crisaor
12-07-2004, 06:21 PM
seconded yours Cris!
Yeah. It's a really short list, hardly representative of what one considers to be classic english literature.

Riddick
12-07-2004, 06:52 PM
1 out of 20:eek:
I feel kind of dumb:(

I wonder why? :mad:

subterranean
12-08-2004, 04:00 AM
SubT was bored once again ;) :D:p

well now all those hijackings are gone..how can a person like me wouldn't get bored w/ the thread. I guess Ajoe got what she wants afterall.




posted by Crisaor : Yeah. It's a really short list, hardly representative of what one considers to be classic english literature.

perfect justification :D

EAP
12-10-2004, 03:35 PM
14 on this one, around 5 on Sci-fi one though all the titles mentioned are on my reading list.

rodanho
05-22-2005, 09:33 AM
14 to 20.but as to others,since i only read classics, ,i know almost nothing about science fiction except several works by jules verne and h.g.wells

Nightshade
05-23-2005, 08:42 AM
grrr only 5/20 then again I havent read any of the others so I have an excuse!! :D :goof:

Rachy
05-24-2005, 01:00 PM
I got 9 ! lol