thanks for your response. I should say that I don't need a great quant. score since I'm applying to grad programs for English & they don't seem to care, as long as you don't humiliate yourself. I would be perfectly happy with a 500.
When you mention the ETS tests in the book...what book are you referring to? Barrons?
As a side note, I'm shocked by how much math I have forgotten. Man, in high school I took the SAT hungover, without having studied and managed a 650 in quant. In contrast, I answered three questions correctly on my GRE diagnostic. Sigh. Perhaps my gleeful eschewal of math courses (who needs algebra when I can take Arabic! metaphysical poetry! sculpture!) was too hasty...