This volume contains 1970-71 Literature assessment exercises (all in the public domain) which have been selected for release at this time by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Information furnished for each exercise includes: the literature objective it was designed to measure, the theme (section) in which it appears, relevant scoring categories, the age level at which it was administered, the time allotment and mode of administration, and the results obtained on each exercise. Four themes comprise the volume: (1) Understanding Imaginative Literature, which contains five kinds of exercises to measure student ability to "read a work with literary comprehension"; (2) Responding to Literature, with exercises measuring the student's ability to "become engaged in, find meanings in, and evaluate a work of literature"; (3) Recognizing Literary Works and Characters, which assesses ability to recognize literary works, parodies of famous works, literary allusions, myths, and story patterns; and (4) A Survey of Reading Habits, which explores reading attitudes, preferences, and so on. (MF) Primary type of information provided by report: Assessment Instrument (Released Exercises); Results (Exercise Level).