GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Contexts of World Poetry After 1925

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Example Question #44 : Contexts Of World Poetry

Who is the author of The Striders?

Possible Answers:

Hanya Yanagihara

Maxine Hong Kingston

Paul Yoon

Jhumpa Lahiri

A. K. Ramanujan

Correct answer:

A. K. Ramanujan

Explanation:

The Striders (1966) is a collection of poetry by the writer and translator A. K. Ramanujan.

Paul Yoon wrote Once the Shore (2009), Jhumpa Lahiri wrote The Namesake (2003), Maxine Hong Kingston wrote Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (1989), and Hanya Yanagihara wrote The People in the Trees (2013)

Example Question #175 : Cultural And Historical Contexts

What country is the author of The Striders from?

Possible Answers:

Afghanistan

Turkey

India

Indonesia

Pakistan

Correct answer:

India

Explanation:

A. K. Ramanujan is an Indian writer. He was born in Mysuru in the state of Karnataka, India.

The Striders was published in 1966.

Example Question #45 : Contexts Of World Poetry

Which of the following authors is not from the same country as the author of The Striders?

Possible Answers:

Arundhati Roy

Rabindranath Tagore

Marjane Satrapi

Amitav Ghosh

Salman Rushdie

Correct answer:

Marjane Satrapi

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, and Arundhati Roy are all Indian writers. Marjane Satrapi is a French-Iranian writer and graphic novelist.

The Striders was published in 1966.

Example Question #46 : Contexts Of World Poetry

Which of the following is another work by the author of Autobiography of Red?

Possible Answers:

Last Poems

Red Doc>

Aurora Leigh

Sonnets from the Portuguese

Casa Guidi Windows

Correct answer:

Red Doc>

Explanation:

Red Doc> (2013) is a 21st-century sequel to Autobiography of Red (1998). The other titles are all by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Sonnets from the Portuguese was published in 1850, Last Poems was published in 1862, Aurora Leigh was published in 1857, and Casa Guidi Windows was published in 1851.

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