Whats up Readers?
So far, I'm satisfied with the GRE Lit Review Book I bought. The authors are very humorous and upfront about the nature of such a standardized test that focuses more on superficial identification rather than profound content ( showing that even a Ph.D. person barely scratches the surface, barely unmasking the tip of an iceberg ).
Some big ideas that give me perspective. The GRE Lit test isn't designed to test obscure works. A committee of English Ph.D. convened to make a test with topics that most English majors would at least have been exposed to. 230 questions aren't enough to test at least 2000 years of literary works from the Bible to the present in 3 hours; so for coverage purposes, question topics will rarely repeat, and thus other questions/answers will eliminate themselves.
Most likely, success in this test will be about using the right test-taking strategy: managing time, guestimating aggressively, grabbing the easy points, etc. It'll be an uber difficult identification test, BUT at least I'll be equipped with some useful tactics ( mentally, psychologically, physically, spiritually, et. al. ).
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