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

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Example Question #87 : Contexts Of American Prose After 1925

The title of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter comes from a poem by which Scottish poet?

Possible Answers:

W.B. Yeats

Mary Astell

Dylan Thomas

Robert Burns

Fiona Macleod

Correct answer:

Fiona Macleod

Explanation:

Carson McCullers’ title is taken directly from Fiona Macleod’s 1896 poem “The Lonely Hunter.” This answer gives you a helpful clue to narrow down the answer choices: The poet must be Scottish. Dylan Thomas was Welsh, W.B. Yeats was Irish, and Mary Astell was English.

Example Question #88 : Contexts Of American Prose After 1925

Who is the author of The Moviegoer?

Possible Answers:

Truman Capote

Walker Percy

Nicholson Baker

Robert Penn Warren

John Updike

Correct answer:

Walker Percy

Explanation:

The Moviegoer (1961) is a National Book Award-winning novel by the Louisiana author Walker Percy (1916-1990).

Truman Capote wrote In Cold Blood (1965), Nicholson Baker wrote The Anthologist (2009), Robert Penn Warren wrote All the King's Men (1946), and John Updike wrote Rabbit, Run (1960).

Example Question #101 : Contexts Of American Prose

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

Possible Answers:

Lost in the Cosmos

The Thanatos Syndrome

The Neon Bible

The Last Gentleman

Love in the Ruins

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 #165 : Contexts Of Prose

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

Possible Answers:

the Midwest

the South

the Northeast

the West

Alaska

Correct answer:

the South

Explanation:

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

Example Question #581 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English

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

Possible Answers:

John Updike

Eudora Welty

Ayn Rand

Carson McCullers

John Irving

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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