"Henry James wrote, a lot"

While rummaging through piles of cable bills and whatnot, I came across some notes that I jotted down the day before I took the GRE Literature in English Subject Test. Without further ado, here they are, typed up in their original quaintness and hilarity.

Day before Test Day:

1. Really try to remember character names. Your best bet.
2. Shockingly, the meaning of the word is not the most obvious one.
3. Sound out the Middle and Old English passages. Quietly, though.
4. Multiple persons wrote “Apologies for Poetry”
5. Interpret the meaning of the passage to guess at the author
6. The answer is that the best-known author wrote those lines. You just don't know it.
7. Note prepositions to determine time period of piece
8. Henry James wrote, a lot
9. Molière–royaliste, Volatire–Enlightenment, Balzac–Realisme, Hugo–Democracie, Baudelaire–decadence, Proust–psychologie, sort of, Zola–naturalisme
10. Read everything thrice. It’ll be OK.

--Miss Cottonwood