English Literature / Unit 20 ENL 1901 short lesson, about 20 seconds
How the Exam Fits Together
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The idea
The exam has about ninety-five questions in ninety minutes. By period: Middle Ages ten percent, sixteenth and early seventeenth century fifteen, Restoration and eighteenth century ten, Romantic twenty, Victorian twenty, twentieth century twenty-five. By genre: poetry forty-five, drama twenty, novels fifteen, short stories and nonfiction ten each.
In practice
Six periods, five genres.
Where people slip
Poetry is nearly half the exam.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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