GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : Contexts of Prose
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Example Question #21 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Which of the following is not another title by the author of The Death of Artemio Cruz?
Aura
Terra Nostra
The Hydra Head
Rain of Gold
Christopher Unborn
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?
2000s
1940s
1920s
1980s
1960s
1960s
The Death of Artemio Cruz was first published in 1962, making it one of Fuentes’ earlier works.
Example Question #374 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
When was In the Time of the Butterflies published?
1980s
1970s
1960s
2000s
1990s
1990s
In the Time of the Butterflies, Alvarez’s first novel, was published in 1994.
Example Question #375 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
In what language is Yo-Yo Boing! written?
Spanish
German
French
English
Spanglish
Spanglish
Yo-Yo Boing! is known for being the first novel written in “Spanglish,” an informal blend of English and Spanish.
Example Question #22 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Who is the author of the novel The Death of Artemio Cruz?
Gabriel García Márquez
Julia Alvarez
Carlos Fuentes
Salvador Plascencia
Viola Canales
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 #377 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
Which of the following is a form in which the author of The Death of Artemio Cruz was not prolific?
Screenplays
Short stories
Novels
Poetry
Essays
Poetry
In addition to his novels, Fuentes is known for many other prose works and plays. He is not known as a poet.
Example Question #191 : Contexts Of Prose
Who is the author of In the Time of the Butterflies?
Viola Canales
Junot Díaz
Julia Alvarez
Sandra Cisneros
Salvador Plascencia
Julia Alvarez
In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) is a novel by the Dominican-American author Julia Alvarez.
Viola Canales wrote Orange Candy Slices and Other Secret Tales (2001). Salvador Plascencia wrote The People of Paper (2005). Sandra Cisneros wrote Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991). Junot Díaz wrote Drown (1996).
Example Question #375 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
Which of the following is another novel by the author of In the Time of the Butterflies?
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Caramelo
Woman Hollering Creek
The House on Mango Street
My Wicked, Wicked Ways
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is Alvarez’s 1991 novel. The rest are all titles by novelist and short story writer Sandra Cisneros. The House on Mango Street was published in 1984. Caramelo was published in 2002. My Wicked, Wicked Ways was published in 1987. Woman Hollering Creek was published in 1991.
Example Question #376 : Cultural And Historical Contexts
Which of the following Latino authors is from the same country as Julia Alvarez?
Junot Díaz
Giannina Braschi
René Marqués
Julia de Burgos
Esmeralda Santiago
Junot Díaz
The Dominican writer Junot Díaz is the author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This is How You Lose Her, among other titles. All the other authors are Puerto Rican. Esmeralda Santiago is the author of When I Was Puerto Rican (1994). René Marqués is the author of La Mirada (1975). Julia de Burgos is the author of Yo misma fui mi ruta (1986). Giannina Braschi is the author of Yo-Yo Boing! (1994).
Example Question #31 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Who is the author of Yo-Yo Boing!, a 1994 novel?
Carlos Salazar Herrera
Salvador Plascencia
Yolanda Oreamuno
Viola Canales
Giannina Braschi
Giannina Braschi
Yo-Yo Boing (1994) is by the author Giannina Braschi. Carlos Salazar Herrera was a short story writer and wood-cut artist. Yolanda Oreamuno wrote La Ruta de su Evasión (1948).
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