Performance on a foil-free version of the Author Recognition Test was for 40 undergraduates and 5 graduate students a significant predictor of vocabulary knowledge and cultural literacy. Performance on foil-free versions of the Author and Magazine Recognition Tests were significant predictors of cultural literacy.
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