GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Contexts of American Prose After 1925

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Example Question #91 : Contexts Of American Prose After 1925

Which of the following is not another novel by the author of The Moviegoer?

Possible Answers:

The Thanatos Syndrome

Love in the Ruins

The Last Gentleman

Lost in the Cosmos

The Neon Bible

Correct answer:

The Neon Bible

Explanation:

Love in the Ruins (1971), The Thanatos Syndrome (1987), The Last Gentleman (1966), and Lost in the Cosmos (1983) are all novels by Walker Percy. The Neon Bible (1989) is the little-known first novel of John Kennedy Toole.

Example Question #104 : Contexts Of American Prose

In what region of the United States is The Moviegoer set?

Possible Answers:

the West

Alaska

the Northeast

the Midwest

the South

Correct answer:

the South

Explanation:

Like many of Percy’s other novels, The Moviegoer (1961) is set in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Example Question #105 : Contexts Of American Prose

Who is the author of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter?

Possible Answers:

Carson McCullers

John Irving

Eudora Welty

John Updike

Ayn Rand

Correct answer:

Carson McCullers

Explanation:

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is the first novel by American author Carson McCullers (1917-1967).

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