GRE Subject Test: Literature in English : GRE Subject Test: Literature in English
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Example Question #581 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
Who is the author of The Moviegoer?
John Updike
Nicholson Baker
Walker Percy
Truman Capote
Robert Penn Warren
Walker Percy
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 #582 : Gre Subject Test: Literature In English
Which of the following is not another novel by the author of The Moviegoer?
The Neon Bible
Love in the Ruins
The Last Gentleman
The Thanatos Syndrome
Lost in the Cosmos
The Neon Bible
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?
the West
Alaska
the Northeast
the Midwest
the South
the South
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?
Carson McCullers
John Irving
Eudora Welty
John Updike
Ayn Rand
Carson McCullers
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is the first novel by American author Carson McCullers (1917-1967).
Example Question #1 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Which of the following is not another work by the author of The English Patient?
In the Skin of a Lion
Divisadero
Oryx and Crake
Coming Through Slaughter
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems
Oryx and Crake
Ondaatje wrote Coming Through Slaughter (1976), In the Skin of a Lion (1987), Divisadero (2007), and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems (1970). He did not write Oryx and Crake, a 2003 novel by Margaret Atwood.
Example Question #2 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
What country is the author of Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage from?
Canada
Ireland
Denmark
New Zealand
Scotland
Canada
Alice Munro is a Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer.
Example Question #1 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Who is the author of The Handmaid’s Tale?
Pat Barker
Ursula K. Le Guin
Alice Munro
Margaret Atwood
Angela Carter
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid’s Tale is Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s sixth novel.
Alice Munro (also Canadian) wrote Lives of Girls and Women (1971), Ursula K. LeGuin wrote The Dispossessed (1974), Pat Barker wrote The Regeneration Trilogy (1991, 1993, 1995), and Angela Carter wrote The Passion of New Eve (1977).
Example Question #2 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Which of the following fields of study is most relevant to studying the The Handmaid’s Tale?
Archaeology
Religious studies
Chemistry
Race studies
Feminism
Feminism
While it does contain some religious references, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) is first and foremost a feminist novel that discusses gender dynamics, power, sexuality, and reproductive rights.
Example Question #2 : Contexts Of World Prose
What country is the author of The Handmaid’s Tale from?
England
Japan
South Africa
Chile
Canada
Canada
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, and essay writer. She was born in 1939 in Ottawa. Atwood continues to live in Canada, now in Toronto, and is active on the Canadian literary and eco-political scenes.
Example Question #3 : Contexts Of World Prose After 1925
Which of the following genres does The Handmaid’s Tale belong to?
Western Fiction
Fantasy
Mystery or Crime Fiction
Historical Fiction
Dystopian Fiction
Dystopian Fiction
The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) is set in a futuristic, dystopian society. While it does contain some science fiction elements, Atwood herself has resisted this classification, preferring her work be termed dystopian or speculative fiction. The Handmaid's Tale is not a fantasy novel: there is no use of magic by any of the characters in the story.
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