GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Contexts of World Prose
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Example Question #21 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
What country is the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle from?
South Korea
North Korea
Japan
China
Vietnam
Japan
Haruki Murakami is a contemporary Japanese novelist. He was born in Kyoto. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle was published in 1994.
Example Question #21 : Contexts Of World Prose
Which of the following is not another work by the author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle?
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
A Wild Sheep Chase
1Q84
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Kafka on the Shore
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant is a 1995 novel by the Chinese author Yu Hua. The other titles are all novels by Murakami, who is also a short story writer.
Kafka on the Shore was published in 2002, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was published in 1985, 1Q84 was published in 2009, and A Wild Sheep Chase 1982.
Example Question #22 : Contexts Of World Prose
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle contains all but which of the following elements?
A series of unusual characters
Strange coincidence
Violence
An attack on a bird sanctuary
Fantasy
An attack on a bird sanctuary
Murakami’s fiction is distinguished by his mingling of realism and fantasy, with that realism often touching on dark aspects of contemporary society. Strange characters and coincidences are also hallmarks of Murakami’s novels. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle does not, however, contain an attack on a bird sanctuary.
Example Question #23 : Contexts Of World Prose
Who is the author of Love in the Time of Cholera?
Octavio Paz
Gabriel García Márquez
Jorge Luis Borges
Gabriela Mistral
Isabel Allende
Gabriel García Márquez
The Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez wrote Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), a novel about a secret relationship and a love triangle based in a city inspired by Cartagena.
Isabel Allende wrote La isla bajo el mar (Island Beneath the Sea) (2010), Jorge Luis Borges wrote Historia universal de la infamia (A Universal History of Infamy) (1935), Octavio Paz wrote Raíz del hombre (1937), and Gabriela Mistral wrote Lecturas para Mujeres (Readings for Women) (1923).
Example Question #24 : Contexts Of World Prose
Which of the following is not another title by the author of The Death of Artemio Cruz?
Rain of Gold
Christopher Unborn
Aura
The Hydra Head
Terra Nostra
Rain of Gold
Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Hydra Head (1978),and Christopher Unborn (1987) are all by Carlos Fuentes. Rain of Gold is a 1991 novel by the Mexican-American author Victor Villaseñor.
Example Question #373 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
When was The Death of Artemio Cruz published?
1940s
1960s
2000s
1980s
1920s
1960s
The Death of Artemio Cruz was first published in 1962, making it one of Fuentes’ earlier works.
Example Question #611 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
When was In the Time of the Butterflies published?
1990s
1960s
1970s
2000s
1980s
1990s
In the Time of the Butterflies, Alvarez’s first novel, was published in 1994.
Example Question #374 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
In what language is Yo-Yo Boing! written?
Spanish
English
German
French
Spanglish
Spanglish
Yo-Yo Boing! is known for being the first novel written in “Spanglish,” an informal blend of English and Spanish.
Example Question #25 : Contexts Of World Prose
Who is the author of the novel The Death of Artemio Cruz?
Carlos Fuentes
Gabriel García Márquez
Julia Alvarez
Viola Canales
Salvador Plascencia
Carlos Fuentes
The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) is a novel by the Mexican author Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012).
Gabriel García Márquez wrote Leaf Storm (1955). Julia Alvarez wrote In the Time of Butterflies (1994). Salvador Plascencia wrote The People of Paper (2005). Viola Canales wrote The Tequila Worm (2005).
Example Question #26 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Which of the following is a form in which the author of The Death of Artemio Cruz was not prolific?
Poetry
Novels
Short stories
Essays
Screenplays
Poetry
In addition to his novels, Fuentes is known for many other prose works and plays. He is not known as a poet.
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