It was intended to evaluate applicants seeking admission to a graduate program in English Studies.

The test surveyed a wide range of topics related to literature in English, but the focus was mainly on works long accepted as part of the canon.

Since many students who apply to graduate programs in English do so during the first half of their fourth year, the scope of most questions was largely that of the first three years of a standard American undergraduate English curriculum.

A sampling of test item content is given below: This section tested the ability of examinees to perform recognition of date, author or work by style and/or content.

The literary-historical scope of the test is as follows: Identification and analysis of the characteristics and methods of various critical and theoretical approaches.